A Japanese tourist poses with Sydney Harbor in the background in a file photo. The best tourists in the world are the Japanese, followed by Americans and the Swiss, a survey based on views from hoteliers across Europe said Wednesday. Japanese tourists stood out for being polite and tidy, securing 35 percent more votes than the Americans who came second. Swiss tourists were commended for being quiet and considerate, unlike the Britons who were judged to be the fifth worst tourists because of rude behavior, noise and a miserly attitude to tipping. But despite their faults, hoteliers do look favorably upon British spending habits voting them the third biggest holiday spenders after Americans and Russians. Based on responses from 15,000 European hoteliers, the survey carried out on behalf of travel Web site Expedia showed that the worst tourist nation was France, followed by India, China and Russia. Britain was second in the worst-dressed tourist table which was headed by the Americans, and fifth in the least-generous table which was headed by the Germans. (AP)

上周三，一項對歐洲酒店經營者的調查顯示，各國游客中最有素質的要數日本人，其次是美國人和瑞士人。 日本游客因講禮貌、衣裝整齊，以高于美國游客35%的得票率名列榜首。 瑞士游客不會大聲喧嘩，而且善于體諒他人，因而受到酒店經營者們的贊揚；而英國游客則因行為粗魯、喧嘩和吝嗇小費成為素質最差的第五大游客群。 盡管英國人有諸多毛病，但英國人的花錢習慣則讓酒店老板們頗為“欣賞”，被評為僅次于美國人和俄羅斯人的第三大假日消費群。 這項代表旅游網站Expedia所做的調查收到了1萬5千名歐洲酒店老板的回饋。調查顯示，素質最差的游客是法國人，其次是印度人、中國人和俄羅斯人。 美國游客在穿著方面最不講究，其次是英國游客；德國游客最小氣，這方面英國游客位居第五。 （英語點津姍姍編輯）