Over 18 million Brits will leave the rustic for his or her holidays this summer, with Spain, Greece, Turkey and North Africa amongst the preferred destinations. We know the stereotypes about Brits abroad, but do they still ring true a brand new poll from ABTA highlights just what we predict about ourselves on holiday.
The usual stereotypes are upheld with two thirds of Brits (65%)* unwilling to benefit the local language and believing that the British holidaymaker speaks English to locals. Over half (55%) also consider the British holidaymaker to be guilty of rowdy drunken behaviour and 38% consider Brits to be badly dressed when on holiday.
There is a few excellent news however, a 3rd (32%) of Brits call to mind themselves as polite and 42% folks consider ourselves as friendly abroad.
Regional differences
In general, people inside the North East have one of the most positive view of the British holidaymaker with almost two thirds (63%) pointing to our friendly behaviour and one in five (20%) stating we’re willing to profit the local language.
Some regions however, consider us to be particularly badly behaved and the table below reveals which regions think the worst of the British holidaymaker:
Perception of British holidaymakers Region National average
Extremely badly dressed (22% – East of britain) 13%
Extremely bad tippers (22% – Scotland) 14%
Very unwilling to take a look at new things (32% – Northern Ireland) 15%
Very rowdy and drunken (53% – Northern Ireland) 27%
Rude (41% – Yorkshire) 31%
Speaking English to locals (77% – East) 65%