調查：法國遊客小氣傲慢全球最差

French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant, according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world.

They finish in last place in the survey carried out for internet travel agency Expedia by polling company TNS Infratest, which said French holidaymakers don't speak local languages and are seen as impolite.

"It's mainly the fact that they speak little or no English when they're abroad, and they don't speak much of the local language," Expedia Marketing Director Timothee de Roux told radio station France Info.

"The French don't go abroad very much. We're lucky enough to have a country which is magnificent in terms of its landscape and culture," he said, adding that 90 per cent of French people did their traveling at home. "

So when they're on holiday they can be a bit stressed, they're not used to things, and this can lead them to be demanding in a way which could be seen as a certain arrogance."

French tourists are also accused of generally spending less than other nationalities when abroad.

De Roux said the French, not accustomed to leaving large tips at home where a service charge is automatically levied on restaurant bills, can seem "tight-fisted" compared with other nationalities.

The Japanese ranked top of the Best Tourist survey, with the British and the Germans judged the best of the Europeans.

But French tourists received some consolation for their poor performance, finishing third after the Italians and British for dress sense while on holiday.

根據一項對全世界4500家旅館老闆的調查，法國遊客是世界上最糟糕的遊客，他們外語講得差，既小氣又傲慢。

這項由市場調查公司TNS Infratest爲在線旅行社Expedia所做的調查顯示，法國遊客排在最後一名，他們不講本地語言，而且被認爲不禮貌。

“這主要是因爲法國人在國外幾乎不說英語，而且他們也不太會本地語言，” Expedia的營銷總監蒂莫西•德•路克斯在接受法國電臺France Info採訪時說。

他說：“法國人不經常出國。我們很幸運，他們的國家幅員遼闊、文化繁榮。” 他還說90%的法國人都選擇在國內旅行。

“所以當他們在外度假的時候，會感到有些壓抑，他們對周遭不大適應，這可能會讓他們行爲苛刻，並可能被視爲傲慢。”

法國遊客還被認爲在國外總體上比其他國家的遊客花錢更少。

德•路克斯說，法國人在國內時不習慣給高額小費，因爲在法國服務費會被自動算在飯館的帳單上，所以和其他國家的遊客相比，法國遊客看起來更吝嗇。

在最佳遊客調查中，日本人排在第一位，英國人和德國人被評爲最好的歐洲遊客。

儘管法國遊客表現不佳，但是他們在度假期間穿着品位排行中名列第三，僅次於意大利和英國遊客，這也算是一種安慰吧。

Vocabulary:

levy: 徵收，徵稅