Money | tourists French Are World's Worst Tourists: Survey Poll of 40,000 hotels ranks visitors on politeness, generosity By Nick McMaster Posted Jul 9, 2009 3:20 PM CDT Copied In this photo taken on Thursday, June 25, 2009, a foreign tourist takes a photo at Yuyuan Garden, one of the the most popular tourist spots in town, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) The French are the world’s worst tourists, AFP reports. A global survey asked staff at 40,000 hotels to rate tourists on categories ranging from politeness to generosity to willingness to learn local languages—and the French finished last in several categories. Japanese tourists took honors in just as many and were ranked “best tourists” for the third year running. Americans topped the “noisiest” category. The 5 Best: Japanese, Britons, Canadians, Germans, Swiss. The 5 Worst: French, Spaniards, Greeks, Turks, South Africans. Click the second link for more results. Read These Next One critical island in Iran has remained unscathed in airstrikes. Iran's new supreme leader is said to already have war wounds. For the first time in decades, team pulls out of World Cup. Retired general, UFO expert has been missing for 11 days. Report an error