# Survey results ranking travelers by nat'lity **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 9, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-results-ranking-travelers-by-natlity/123056 "2002-08-09T00:13:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-results-ranking-travelers-by-natlity/123056/1 "2002-08-09T00:13:55Z")
Gah- I think I’m losing my mind. Did I see something around here about a week ago that ranked tourists in foreign countries by nationality? I recall that Americans were actually ranked no 1, or very high, at least. I can’t seem to find it here, so maybe I saw it somewhere else. Please help me retain my sanity. Also, I don’t mean to start a quibble about the issue. Everyone knows that the USA rocks, and the rest of you are just jealous :P. That last bit was completely in jest, for those who weren’t sure. ---
**Author:** ![tcburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-results-ranking-travelers-by-natlity/123056/2 "2002-08-10T18:39:24Z")
\>Please help me retain my sanity. Boy, are YOU ever in the wrong place! ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-results-ranking-travelers-by-natlity/123056/3 "2002-08-10T19:54:44Z")
There’s a link on [this page](http://www.expedia.co.uk/daily/press/press_releases.asp) that will take you to a Word document with the full results of this survey. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-results-ranking-travelers-by-natlity/123056/4 "2002-08-10T23:45:21Z")
This survey has been widely debatted on travel boards and some people pointed out that a lot of respondents worked in the tourism industry in places where a lot of british tourists tend to gather, which would explain, according to them, their appaling ranking (not only they’re the last, but also way lower than the country ranked just above)