Russian tourists abroad have become the talk of the town a long time ago. In many countries, only German tourists are considered worse than Russian tourists, and in some places the Germans are inferior to our compatriots.
The reputation of Russians as mysterious strong people suffered quite badly in the early nineties of the last century, as representatives of the “new Russians” broke through the “cordon”. Rude, self-confident people who had a poor idea of how the culture of the countries where they traveled differed from the culture of the then lost Russia, violated every conceivable rule, behaved defiantly and rudely.
Strange behavior of Russian tourists
Over time, when the nearest warm countries and Europe became accessible to the rest of the population, the situation did not improve much. For some reason, a Russian tourist, arriving in an unfamiliar country for himself, immediately begins to believe that he is the one who invests as much money as possible in the budget of this country. In this regard, he behaves rudely and in a businesslike manner, causing bewilderment among others. Very often, conflicts between Russian tourists and the local population occur due to the fact that the tourist knows nothing, absolutely nothing about the customs of the country where he came.
Recently, a Russian tourist was arrested in Thailand for disrespecting the king of this country. This tourist tore up and was about to throw away the Thai bills with the image of the king, which is considered a serious insult.
Another unpleasant property of a Russian person abroad is that he believes that if in a country where no one speaks Russian, repeat a phrase a thousand times and very, very loudly, then it will certainly be understood.
You can understand Americans, Britons or other English-speaking people who are used to the international status of their language when they are angry that they are not understood. But the complicated, beautiful, extremely unpleasant for foreigners to learn Russian language is unlikely to ever become an international means of communication. Therefore, attempts to "shout" to the staff of the hotel or hotel on it are meaningless. However, in every batch of Russian tourists there are people who do not think so.
Many foreigners make a distinction between "Russian tourists" and Russia, declaring that they would like to come to our country someday.
Europeans do not like Russians who spoil "heavenly places". It has long been noticed that if Russian people start to come to somewhere in a stream, then prices there will inevitably rise, and the service deteriorates. The thing is that Russians, hoping to feel “rich and famous”, start to waste money, which inevitably affects the price level.
Aggressive Russian patriotism
The "leavened patriotism" of our compatriots annoys very many. Especially taking into account the fact that among Russian tourists during a week's vacation you can find not too many sober people. The formula "Russian, vodka, scandal" does not fail. The domestic belief that all available alcohol should be drunk immediately, without stretching the pleasure, does not lead to anything good. At the same time, a drunk Russian, recalling the basics of school English, immediately begins to prove to others in a rather unpleasant tone that the Russians will win everyone and show Kuz'kin's mother. Which does not improve relations with others.
