Tourism: Americans less welcoming than the French

Tourism: Americans less welcoming than the French

Americans are more "bad guys" to tourists than French. According to the 2013 report of tourism competitiveness published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), France ranks 80th place between Italy and Jamaica, in terms of openness in relation to foreign travelers. She received a score of 6.2 / 7, 6.1 is the threshold of "malice" and 7 being synonymous with optimal reception. The United States is worse. They are ranked at the 102nd place with a score of 6 According to WEF, the friendliest are the Icelanders (6.8), New Zealand (6.8) and Morocco (6.7) and the most "wicked "Bolivians are (4.1), with Venezuela (4.5), Russia (5) and Kuwait (5.2). This classification was made ​​from a questionnaire sent to business leaders from 140 countries. France and the United States are doing much better in terms of tourism competitiveness. The two countries are ranked 6th and 7th place out of 140 countries. This indicator, based on 14 criteria (including quality of reception reserved for travelers, human, cultural and security) evaluate the attractiveness of tourist areas and travel in different countries. The report notes the quality of French infrastructure (8th for its airports, 5th for its roads) and the richness of its "cultural heritage" (it ranks fourth for the number of World Heritage Sites). The strength of the United States comes from its "excellent" airport infrastructure (2nd), but the country loses points with a poor score of "environmental development" category where they arrive 112th.