Ranking of world's best <-> worst tourists

"The study by travel company Expedia asked 4,500 hotels worldwide to rank tourists on their behaviour. ":

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8143780.stm

http://press.expedia.co.uk/press-releases…-in-europe.aspx

1 Japanese
2 British
3 Canadians
4 Germans
5 Swiss
6= Dutch
6= Australians
8= Swedish
8= Americans
10= Danes
10= Norwegians
10= Finnish
10= Belgians
14= Austrians
14= New Zealanders
16 Thais
17= Portuguese
17= Czechs
19= Italians
19= Irish
19= Brazilians
22= Polish
22= South Africans
24= Turkish
24= Greeks
26 Spanish
27 French

"British tourists have been named as the worst behaved in Europe... For the third year running, Europeans have also voted the Brits messy, bad tippers and very likely to complain."

BUT

"Worldwide, the Japanese, British, Canadians, Germans and Australians are considered the most polite nations."

British behavior is a well-known cliche and maybe for some reason, all I can say that I´ve been on the road with quite a lot of pommies and it always was a pleasure...

Cheerio
Chris