I never would have believed it:

From InstaTravelHoteliers across Europe have given their judgments in a survey for almost 15,000, that the best tourists in the world are the Japanese, followed by Americans and the Swiss.

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Japanese and Swiss I can believe...but Americans? Maybe we're extra careful these days...maybe (as people often do) people mistake courteous Canadians for American.

further the survery said:

Rude behavior, being noise and miserly tipping, put the Britons down as the fifth worst tourists. Though they were commended for their spending habits and were voted the third biggest holiday spenders after Americans and Russians.

Japanese tourists stood out for being polite and tidy, securing 35 percent more votes than the Americans who came second. However, the Americans headed the category for ‘worst-dressed tourist table’.

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Now THAT I can believe. Every American male should be required to visit Brooks Brothers and JPress before they travel.