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    Booyah!

    Survey Finds Americans are World's Worst Tourists
    Updated: Monday, 05 Mar 2012, 9:56 AM EST
    Published : Monday, 05 Mar 2012, 9:56 AM EST

    (EndPlay Staff Reports) - Who are the world's worst tourists? The answer might surprise you. In fact, it might be you.

    A survey conducted by Living Social and Mandala Research released Friday indicated that Americans are the world's worst tourist. And don't blame someone else for the name calling: 4,000 out of 5,600 respondents were Americans themselves.

    Americans, Canadians and Australians all gave U.S. tourists the worst ranking on the survey, while Irish respondents indicated their British neighbors were the worst, and the British called out the Germans for bad travel behavior, according to a Living Social news release .

    Other survey findings included:

    • Thirty-nine percent of U.S. travelers admitted to having helped themselves to items from hotels. The most pilfered loot, according to the survey, includes: Towels (28 percent), bathrobes (8 percent), batteries (5 percent), pillows (4 percent), remote controls (3 percent), sheets (3 percent), bibles (3 percent) and umbrellas (3 percent).

    • American's took far fewer vacation days than travelers of other nationalities. On average, Americans took 16 days off; Australians took 27 days off; Canadians took 21 vacation days; the Irish took 28 vacation days; and the British took 23 vacation days.

    Thankfully, the survey did include some good news about Americans: we're a lot worldlier than one might believe. Results indicated that 78 percent of Americans have visited at least one foreign country; 61 percent have visited multiple countries; and 36 percent have traveled to four or more foreign destinations.

    Living Social started as a "daily deal" website, but has recently expanded to include discounted travel options in nearly two dozen markets.
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    The Irish are such lazy bastards (most days off mentioned in the article) that it is no wonder their economy is ****e.
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    • #3
      ^ Ugly American
      No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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      • #4
        78 percent of Americans have visited at least one foreign country; 61 percent have visited multiple countries; and 36 percent have traveled to four or more foreign destinations.


        Nonsense. Albie has never been abroad, so these stats are pure nonsense.
        One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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        • #5
          Albie considers trips outside of his personal ghetto to be "abroad".
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          • #6
            Do Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean countries count?
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            • #7
              Canada was mentioned specifically, though I think it was an open poll.
              No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by onodera View Post
                Do Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean countries count?
                Canada is reasonable good with basic mathematics, Mexico and the Carribean countries, not so much.
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                • #9
                  I only get 5 days off. (Not counting regular holidays - if those holidays occur on weekdays.)
                  "I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!

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                  • #10
                    Do China, Japan these countries count?

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by bluray movies View Post
                      Do China, Japan these countries count?
                      Japan should, their tourists are infamous.
                      Last edited by The Mad Monk; March 8, 2012, 10:56.
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                      • #12
                        I've thought Russian tourists were the worst.
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