The French are seen by hoteliers as the world's worst touristsFrench tourists are the most evil in the world, upcoming across as penny-pinching, rude and dreadful at languages, according to a new analysis.
The study by travel company Expedia asked 4,500 hotels international to rank tourists on their behavior.
Japanese tourists - seen as clean and tidy, polite, quiet and uncomplaining - came top for the third year running.
French travelers made amends on elegance - classed third - as well as for their discretion and cleanliness.
But the French were the least ready to try a new language, unlike US tourists who were most likely to swallow their pride and order a pizza, baguette or paella in the local lingo. US tourists also got top marks for generosity, as the biggest spenders and tippers.
But they fell short on other counts as the least tidy, the loudest, the worst complainers and the worst dressed.
