Tourist asks where in Europe Brits feel unwelcome and gets common answer back

A curious tourist is on a quest to find the most unwelcome location in Europe for British people.

Whether we like it or not, there are certainly preconceived notions around the world when it comes to your background and where you're from.

Perhaps from Britain's point of view, it broadly stems from early colonial days - to the reputation of the boozed-up away-day fans causing havoc abroad.

Time and time again, a minority of the poorly behaved ruin it for the 'normal-functioning' members of society.

But rather than just exploring why some countries aren't the biggest supporters of Brits, one Redditor has asked users on the platform to give their views on where the 'least welcoming country for British tourists' is.

And there seems to be one common answer.

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Taking to Reddit, the user asked: "Is there any country you visited where you felt uncomfortable or unwelcome because you were British?"

The less common countries mentioned included the likes of Russia, Spain and Argentina.

However, it appears that most of the comments suggested the same country - France.

One tourist explained: "France. It might have just been the town or area that we were in, but we found that a lot of the locals and cafes / restaurants took an active dislike to us.

"Everywhere we went we spoke okish French and we're putting lots of effort into communicating.

"Only one restaurant made any sort of effort back to us, and luckily that sempt to be the best one on the town so they got our custom for the rest of the time we were there."

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A second wrote: "I had a very negative view of France after visiting Paris, despite trying to speak as much French as I could. Never experienced so much rudeness in any other country, even in places where I could not speak their language at all."

A third penned: "I've been all over the world and France, France, France, and France... did I mention France?"

While someone else added: "I’ve been to France a huge number of times and Paris definitely has much more of an aggressive/rude vibe than the rest of the country (as lots of capitals do)."

Though not everyone agreed, as one user wrote: "I always find France very welcoming and friendly!"

While another added: "This is most definitely not my experience of France!"

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And a fair few people said that Brits perhaps need to be more 'aware' of how they're behaving abroad.

"If it’s coming from the Brits, they communicate very passively, offering passive suggestions instead of stating what they mean," one person suggested.

"Therefore Brits can easily perceive a country’s people as being rude if they communicate more actively, saying what they mean/want, not passively suggesting it."

Someone else thought: "I think Brits tend be good at pushing the French’s buttons by doing things differently to the French way."

I guess there's no right or wrong answers here - and with most things - everyone will have a different view based on their personal experience.

Topics: Travel, Reddit

Anish Vij

Anish is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2024 finalist. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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