General Article Britons make worst tourists, say Britons (and Spaniards and Germans)

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We are the country with the most negative view of its own tourists.

By Matthew Smith

An international YouGov study shows that tales of British rowdiness overseas are now part of the popular consciousness; Britons are the most likely among 26 countries to take a negative view of their own tourists.

More than half of us (57%) hold an unfavourable opinion of British tourists, and just 29% take a positive view.

We are, in fact, the only country that feels so much more negatively about our own tou...

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