British 'worst behaved' in Europe

British holiday makers are the "worst behaved" in Europe, according to a new survey on the habits of tourists.

For the third year running, Europeans have also voted Brits messy, bad tippers and most likely to complain.

The survey, by Expedia, asks more than 4,500 hotel workers around the world their opinions on different nationalities and their behaviour while on holiday.

Japanese people were voted the world's best tourists with the French voted the worst holiday makers overall.

The survey found them to be the meanest tippers and among the rudest tourists in Europe, with a 10th of hoteliers saying they were impolite.

But it's not all bad news for British holiday makers.

They were voted second most stylish tourists and came second overall in the survey.

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They don't have a high opinion of other British tourists though, with a fifth voting their fellow countrymen the worst tourists globally, behind only the Americans.

Americans were voted the world's most impolite but were most likely to try to speak the local language.

The French were least likely.

Meanwhile, the Americans are the loudest on holiday followed by the Italians and the Spanish. The Japanese and Germans were voted the quietest.

Expedia