A new survey by travel research firm Upgraded Points suggests that France is the least welcoming European country to American tourists.
The survey found that 15% of French respondents described their country as generally unwelcoming to visitors from the United States. That figure is nearly double the second-highest response, from Hungary, where 8.7% of participants shared the same view.
The study, which polled more than 3,000 people across Europe and the U.S., also found consensus on which American states produce the worst tourists. Both European and American respondents most often named Florida and Texas as the sources of the least-favored travelers.
The findings highlight a perception gap the researchers set out to examine — whether Europeans’ views of American tourists match how Americans view themselves abroad.
