Who are the best and the worst tourists ? - Jun 2008
Expedia has published the results of a survey that focused on the good and the bad travel habits and practices of tourists from 31 countries. The survey touched on 10 different categories, including the given nation’s willingness to learn the basics of a foreign language when travelling, their manners, behaviour, whether they tend to complain, as well as their overall tidiness and generosity. Click on this link to see the results of this survey (in French)...
The brand of countries facing tourism assets and reputation - Jan 24, 2008
- Country brand index :
The rankings speak to both decision-making considerations, as well as country assets that all contribute towards shaping country reputations, perceptions and experiences.
- Travel and Tourism Competitivness Report
This index measures the factors that make it attractive to develop the travel and tourism industry of individual countries...
Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index | |||||||||||
Rank | Country/economy | Score | Rank | Country/economy | Score | Rank | Country/economy | Score | Rank | Country/economy | Score |
1 | Switzerland | 5.66 | 5 | United States | 5.43 | 15 | Spain | 5.18 | 23 | Norway | 5.04 |
2 | Austria | 5.54 | 10 | United Kingdom | 5.28 | 16 | Finland | 5.16 | 24 | Greece | 4.99 |
3 | Germany | 5.48 | 12 | France | 5.23 | 17 | Sweden | 5.13 | 33 | Italy | 4.78 |
4 | Iceland | 5.45 | 23 | Norway | 5.04 | ||||||
- The Anholt Nation Brands Index : an analytical ranking of world's nation brands
Each quarter, this index surveys 25,900 consumers in 35 nations. The consumers are surveyed on their perceptions of the cultural, political, commercial and human assets, investment potential and tourist appeal of each nation.
Quality of life index, in 2007 – Jan, 21, 2008
It’s better to live in France than in Irak…
http://www.internationalliving.com/internal_components/further_resources/quality_of_life
Selling or Telling? Paradoxes in Tourism, Culture and Heritage – Jan 18, 2008
http://www.atlas-euro.org/pages/content/pgbrighton.htm
Royal Awards – Jan, 17, 2008
The impact of Tourism on natural and built environments and on the wellbeing and culture of host populations.
http://www.royalawards.org/menu_2/destination
British tourists amongst worst in the world Expedia compiled the 2007 Best Tourist League by asking 15,000 European hoteliers to rank different nationalities according to several key criteria, including behaviour, politeness, tidiness, noise, willingness to speak the local language, holiday spending and fashion sense. “We decided to compile another Best Tourist League to reassess the reputation of British tourists - obviously with the hope that we would have risen up the ranks since 2002,” says Caroline Cartellieri, managing director of Expedia.co.uk. “However, it’s disappointing to learn that our position in the world rankings hasn’t really changed, with foreign hoteliers still perceiving Brits as noisy, untidy and badly dressed. Although it’s good to see Brits perceived as generous in their spending habits, now we just need to work on ditching those ‘socks and sandals’.” Japanese are Simply the Best The league reveals the best tourists in the world are the polite and tidy Japanese, who secured 35 per cent more votes than the Americans who came in second. New to this year’s list were the Swiss who came in third and were commended for being quiet and considerate. The French took the title of ‘World’s Worst Tourists’ – previously held by the British - due to their unwillingness to speak the local language, lack of generosity and impoliteness. Hey Big Spender! Despite their faults, hoteliers do look favourably upon British spending habits, voting them the third biggest holiday spenders after the Americans and Russians. However, Brits are not so generous when it comes to tipping, with even British hoteliers voting British tourists as the meanest tippers. Fashion Victims The British penchant for ‘socks and sandals’ and other holiday fashion disasters appears to be alive and well, with hoteliers voting Brits the second worst dressed tourists, second only to the Americans. Unsurprisingly, tourists from Italy, France and Spain lead the way in the holiday-style stakes. Brits...their own worst enemy British tourists can’t even blame cultural differences for their poor performance in the league, with the harshest criticism coming from British hoteliers, who voted them the worst behaved of all nationalities, preferring even the Germans. Good old British manners also seem to have fallen by the wayside with British hoteliers rating their countrymen the third most impolite nationality. Brits have even shaken off their traditional reserve to become one of the top three biggest holiday complainers. Key findings include: | Qui sont les meilleurs et les pires touristes en Europe? Les Français, lanterne rouge du classement! Expedia.fr, numéro 1 du voyage en ligne, est à l’initiative de cette étude qui a permis d’interroger pas moins de 15000 hôteliers venant de 12 pays européens : des résultats souvent surprenants, toujours drôles, et qui nous rappellent combien nos clichés sont passés de mode et combien le voyage change… Le vacancier Japonais, élu « meilleur touriste de l’année » !
Les Américains : bientôt de parfaits gentlemen voyageurs ! Money is money Au rang de ceux qui dépensent le moins figurent en tête de liste les Allemands avec 14% des voix. Une dernière position qui montre que nos amis d’Outre-Rhin sont des vacanciers économes, réfléchis, qui ne se laissent pas aller aux dépenses inutiles. Suivent ensuite en avant-dernier du classement les Chinois avec 10% des votes et enfin, non sans gloire, les Français pour qui le budget vacances est souvent fixé bien avant de prendre la route. Les méditerranéens, des fashion victims ! Qui l’eût cru… Exit les shorts, tee-shirts promotionnels et autres baskets de randonnée… Les Français, les Italiens et les Espagnols font attention à leur look ! Toujours à la pointe de la mode et fidèles à leur élégance légendaire, les Italiens caracolent en tête du classement des « serial modeurs » avec 41 % des votes. Lunettes glamour, pantalon bien coupé, chemise cintrée… Rien n’est laissé au hasard au pays des des grands créateurs et aucune faute de goût n’est permise. Même exigence pour les Français qui arrivent en 2ème position avec 13 % des voix. Le chic à la française demeure un incontournable et les Français tiennent à ce qui a fait leur réputation dans le monde entier. Même les hôteliers de l’Hexagone reconnaissent à 17% que leurs visiteurs gaulois, bien que largement derrière les Italiens qui remportent l’admiration de tous avec 52 % des votes, méritent la palme du bon goût en matière d’habillement. Plus proches de ces considérations latines, les méditerranéens mettent quant à eux un point d’honneur en vacances à rester à la pointe de la tendance et forcer l’admiration de leurs hôtes. | |
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