Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, damaging two second-century Roman statues.
  • onoEnglish
    18•2 years ago

    Americans tend to be pushy and, well, stupid in foreign lands.

    Unpleasant people stand out, so they’re the ones we notice. They make an impression, so they’re the ones we remember. This is true of tourists from all over the world, from America to China.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out that most are respectful, but end up either unnoticed or forgotten.

    • taanegl
      7•2 years ago

      I’m sorry man, but from what I’ve heard in the tourism industry yanks run third place of worst tourists. Second? Germans. First? The English. It’s always the goddamn English.

      • @Truck_kun@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        Really? I primarily hear about American, Chinese, and English tourists behaving badly.

        I don’t actually travel, or encounter a lot of German people; what exactly is it that German tourists do that portray them so poorly?

        • taanegl
          2•2 years ago

          I live in a port city and we have cruise tourism… maybe that’s the outlier.

          Though I did read in the news once that Chinese tourists would go into people’s homes and even crash a funeral to take pictures…

          That’s pretty fucked up.