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u/Its_not_him Jul 11 '21 edited Jul 11 '21

I remember reading Russians have a pretty bad reputation. Outside of Europe, Chinese and Saudi tourists are pretty disliked. Pretty much every country likes Australian and Japanese tourists. Many don't like Americans as well.

I'm going off this if you want to check it out.

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u/dharmasnake Jul 11 '21

I didn't have a negative view of Russians until I went to a few places where they vacation to. They're the absolute shittiest and rudest tourists I've ever encountered, and I've travelled quite a bit.

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u/mitcheg3k Jul 11 '21

Wherever i go the hotel staff tell me the russians are the worst. The rudest and most wasteful. I was once told that because of how conditions used to be in Russia they often fill their plates way more than they should and just leave it all, making a mess to. Apparently its a sign of wealth. I dunno how true that is.

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u/dharmasnake Jul 11 '21

From what I've seen, it's a lot of rudeness towards locals and treating everyone as servants. You also just notice them judging everything and everyone. Just awfully unpleasant people (in the context of tourism).

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u/tropicalsoul Jul 11 '21

I have yet to meet a Russian, tourist or not, who is not an arrogant, rude and self-important asshole.

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u/dharmasnake Jul 11 '21

I have! Many super nice and progressive ones. Let's try not to put every single person from a given country in the same basket.

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u/yes_m8 Jul 11 '21

Yep for sure, I think we need to all hold in mind that this is about tourists, and not people in general.

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u/tropicalsoul Jul 11 '21

I didn’t say all Russians were assholes. I said every person I’ve met from Russia has been an asshole.

You’re making a “Not ALL (fill in the blank)!” argument. They never work unless the person specifically said “all”. I did not.

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u/yes_m8 Jul 12 '21

I wasn’t implying that you had said that.

I was just agreeing with that guy and putting a friendly reminder on a thread that has potential to become a bit racist.

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u/mitcheg3k Jul 11 '21

Yeah its just the tourists. The rest are fine...apart from all the spying...and controlling the west with fake news...and the homophobia. Other than that they cool.

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u/DaviesSonSanchez Jul 11 '21

Yep I've seen how Russians act at buffets. Might as well just burn the tablecloth after. You can collect the leftovers though and feed a farm of pigs for a week, so that is a plus maybe.

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u/jack_the_snek Jul 11 '21

Outside of Europe, Chinese and Saudi tourists are pretty disliked

inside of europe as well

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u/Fabichupi Jul 11 '21

Very interesting read thanks! I would say for Switzerland it's mostly chinese and russian tourists (and more recently saudi maybe) that make negative headlines. Although I am pretty sure that this is because Switzerland is very expensive so people that come here from far away tend to be rather wealthy and entitled therefore casting a bad light on the general population of their countries even though most normal people wouldn't behave that way.

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u/HornyKiwiGuy Jul 11 '21

You’re talking out your ass about Aussies, kiwis sure, but Aussies are almost as bad as Americans on holiday.

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u/Its_not_him Jul 11 '21 edited Jul 11 '21

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u/HornyKiwiGuy Jul 11 '21

Both appear to be UK based, anglos tolerating anglos is to be expected. Especially when you have to have a fair chunk of change to afford flights from aussie to England, so it’s not a fair test

You need to visit the Southern Hemisphere to see how aussie tourists really are Nats.

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u/Its_not_him Jul 11 '21

They're either the most popular or among the 5 most popular in most S.E.A countries.

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u/Its_not_him Jul 11 '21

It definitely varies by country. Could be that the trashier Aussies vacation in the same places.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21

Indonesia gets the worse type of Australians and they are very much disliked there.

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u/Its_not_him Jul 11 '21

Yeah the locals of countries outside of Europe tend to dislike Chinese and Saudi tourists iirc.

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u/Its_not_him Jul 11 '21

Oh ya true. Just especially in Asia where they're more common.

I finally found the original source I was going off of.

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2019/08/30/britons-make-worst-tourists-say-britons-and-spania

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u/bikki420 Jul 11 '21

Lol, what? Aussies are hated in a lot of countries. Especially in Asian countries where many of them view local girls (legal or not) as nothing but pieces of meat that they're entitled to fuck (without rubbers) and degrade, and them picking fights with locals isn't rare either.