What's the most common national origin of tourist you encounter?

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CiderDrinker2@reddit

In Scotland we get a lot of Dutch tourists. If you go to the Highlands in season, it seems as if almost every third car has a Dutch number plate. I think they are intrigued by a country where land is not horizontal, but which is quite culturally similar (a language that is a bit like English, a history of Calvinism, grey skies, cold winds, and fried food).

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MsLuciferM@reddit

I absolutely love this theory that they come to marvel at hills.

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CiderDrinker2@reddit

They really do. A person could live their whole lives in the Netherlands without once experiencing the sensation of walking up or down a hill.

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WaldenFont@reddit

Not Dutch, but can confirm as a north German. My city’s highest point is 11m above sea level, and it’s man-made. Much of the city is actually below sea level and is protected by dikes.

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Western-Hurry4328@reddit

We have that here too; Brighton, for example, is protected by dikes.

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Comfortable_Force_41@reddit

Underappreciated comment, well done!

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spicyzsurviving@reddit

In Edinburgh literally today, I showed a young Dutch tourist who was lost to the hairdresser 😂

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Defiant-Yellow-2375@reddit

They were bald?

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Western-Hurry4328@reddit

The importance of the comma.

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TMI2020@reddit

Used to work in a National Trust property and we used to fe loads of Dutch tourists…and randomly Forest Whitaker once!

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MyxomatosisDRabbit@reddit

The King of Scotland!

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Ok_Air_9048@reddit

I live fairly close to the ferry port in North Shields and often see a lot of Dutch cars driving off without stopping. Curious, I asked on the Dutch subreddit where they’re all headed, and every single response said ‘Scotland.

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Ok_Anything_9871@reddit

They want to see somewhere not entirely flat?

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SomnambulicBinturong@reddit

Rural England here and we get tons of Dutch people as well. They do love a caravan!

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Gold-Collection2636@reddit

English. The second the sun comes out/a school holiday begins people from Birmingham flood to my town. We've started getting a faut amount of Welsh tourists the last few years too

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Holiday-Poet-406@reddit

Chinese tend to decend on us in coach loads

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

Down in Cornwall it seems to be mostly Brummies. Seeing a lot of Dutch and Belgian numberplates on campervans too, that is quite a trek.

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ABlackwelly@reddit

I encounter lots of Germans, probably due to the Rosamunde Pilcher tv shows.

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droneupuk@reddit

French

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Sea_Appointment8408@reddit

Chinese where Iive

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AlGunner@reddit

There are loads of Asian tourists in Sussex that come to visit Seaford Head, Birling Gap, Beachy Head etc as there is apparently a really popular book in Asia that is a massive best seller and they all want to come and see where its set. Or at least thats what I have been told.

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anabsentfriend@reddit

Also the view over the coastguard cottages to Cuckmere Haven used to be (maybe still is) a Windows wallpaper.

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Ashamed_Fig4922@reddit

I've been there (and loved thoroughly) but didn't remember the wallpaper thing.

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Delicious_Link6703@reddit

Near luxury shopping malls ?

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killer_by_design@reddit

Near nuclear and military installations??

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Sea_Appointment8408@reddit

Lol, funnily enough there are nukes stored nearby :D

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hairlikebrianmay@reddit

I sometimes work near to Penny Lane in Liverpool. There's always Japanese tourists around there.

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HolbeckMax@reddit

Couldn’t tell you as I don’t ask and I don’t really care, I just hope they’re having a good time and being treated with respect. Having said that if they are wearing a baseball cap I expect them to be from the US and if they are gesticulating with their arms a lot then I’d say Italians.

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Separate_Crow_2990@reddit

I’m a tour guide based in Glasgow - I would say my frequent flyers are German, American, Australian, Swiss, English, and perhaps Dutch.

Although we get a lot of locals taking the tour too!

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Western-Hurry4328@reddit

The Dutch wouldn't fly to Scotland, they come in their own cars.

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Separate_Crow_2990@reddit

It was just a manner of speaking.

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Western-Hurry4328@reddit

I wasn't having a go at you, I understand what you said, I just wanted to say that there are lots of Dutch in Scotland.

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sossighead@reddit

Englishman here - I’ve taken a walking tour of Glasgow. And Edinburgh and Stirling 🤣

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Separate_Crow_2990@reddit

If your guide wore an orange jacket, chances it may have been me!

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AdResponsible6613@reddit

My fellow Dutch people are everywhere! And i cant stand it. Most of them cant behave, feel entitled and are rude. And so LOUD!

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megthebat49@reddit

Lots of Indians in the south lakes around Windermere, lots Chinese folk in the central lakes around Ambleside.

No clue about the Chinese folk in Ambleside but I read somewhere that Windermere was in a Bollywood movie and is being promoted a lot at the moment by Indian holiday companies so that would explain that part at least.

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delpigeon@reddit

I feel like French and Italian school groups are everywhere.

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Careful-Swimmer-2658@reddit

I work in central London so literally every nation on earth but two do spring to mind.

Americans never stop talking loudly and it's always about themselves.

Japanese people photograph the weirdest things

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NewStroma@reddit

In the North of Scotland, ignoring the English who probably make up the majority of "local" tourists it's probably Dutch and Germans. You'll see loads of cars and campervans. We do have our fair share of US tourists, but most of them seem to be in organised groups so you bump into large numbers of them at a time, but only really if you're at a touristy site.

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YchYFi@reddit

Inverness always has lots of Americans.

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sowmyhelix@reddit

Coach full of Indian and SRI Lankans frequently here in the Cotswolds.

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Weird-Gap5019@reddit

Is it true that all Thai tourists head to Selby?

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Fragrant-Prize-966@reddit

I live on the south eastern coast and the most common seem to be Dutch and Danish. We’re so used to them that a lot of our shops accept euros. It always makes me laugh seeing them around town and in the park as though our little town is some kind of major tourist destination, though I do sometimes worry that they’ll be beaten by chavs.

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greyhounds4life1969@reddit

I live in Southampton and we get a lot of Chinese here, probably linked to the two universities that have a high portion of Chinese students.

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EducationalRiver1@reddit

Lots of Norwegians and Irish in Liverpool for match days. I always hear Spanish spoken in Primark, too.

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BFastBtch@reddit

Belfast here - Americans fucking love it here! But Spanish tour groups seem to be everywhere too

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Delicious_Link6703@reddit

I noticed in London near the Tower of London, organised groups of Chinese people.

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mrayner9@reddit

I work near Buckingham Palace and definitely just the countries closest to us: French, German, Spanish. Lots of school groups of these aswell. Americans too often ask for help, not so much Chinese tho maybe due to language barrier

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Ok_Anything_9871@reddit

The coachfuls of French teenagers are the worst.

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dwair@reddit

Cornwall UK. It's mainly English tourists to be honest. Smattering of Dutch and Germans judging by the number plates I see about. Public transport is dire down here so as a non car using tourist it wouldn't be an easy part of the world of the world to visit.

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SnooDonuts6494@reddit

It varies a lot by place. Even within a country - certain nationalities of tourist tend to go to the same area.

You can usually get statistics on it, if you want to find out.

For example, googling "london percent tourist by country" shows American is the top answer. Thailand is Chinese. Japan is Koreans. Australia is Kiwis. Dubai is Indians.

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KnowledgeSea1954@reddit

We don't get many tourists in south London, some younger American tourists I think because there's a Hampton Hilton hotel and there are cheaper hotels and only 15 mins on the train into central London. I've noticed there are different types of tourists in London, the kind that are happy to be here which is quite sweet, they might go to places like borough market etc, tourists at the big attractions that will get only mostly tourists like the tower of London, can be a pain, very pushy, rude and crazy selfish compared to what's expected socially in the UK.

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andyrocks@reddit

We do get the occasional Mormon in Tooting

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KnowledgeSea1954@reddit

Interesting, I don't think I've ever met a Mormon that I am aware of, honestly I wouldn't have thought of Tooting as part of south London but I think I had it mixed up with Epsom/Twickenham.

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andyrocks@reddit

I wouldn't have thought of Tooting as part of south London

Hey now there's no need for that

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sossighead@reddit

My nearest major city is Liverpool and it’s most definitely Americans that are most common as ‘normal’ tourists (I’m discounting the Irish and Norwegian fans who come to watch Liverpool play).

Well at least they’re the ones you notice most often taking the walking tours around the city.

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NoceboHadal@reddit

I seem to run into a lot of Brazilians. I've met quite a few Germans and Chinese as well.

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sossighead@reddit

Maybe I don’t notice these people as much. Certainly with Chinese people I tend to think they’re university students or just part of the long established Chinese community in the city. Maybe I’m incorrectly assuming they’re not tourists and must live or study here.

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horsin87@reddit

Asian

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Stevebwrw@reddit

Where I live, it is other British people, and Irish folks going to, or coming from, the ferry port at Holyhead.

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AtebYngNghymraeg@reddit

Dutch, no question. We're in Somerset and there are always loads of NL plates around. Makes sense if you are of the opinion that the Dutch are probably who we're most similar to.

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MsLuciferM@reddit

East Asian and American. But I guess they’re the ones I notice more. The local town specifically has Taiwanese tourists.

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RepeatButler@reddit

Mostly Chinese

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signol_@reddit

I grew up in a tourist area (Norfolk Broads) but 99.9% of tourists were domestic. Lots up from London but also the Midlands, fewer from the north.

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thefooleryoftom@reddit

In Birmingham I’d say it’s the Chinese.

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Naughtyspider@reddit

Germans and Americans in the Tower of London. All I’ve encountered have been lovely people.

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cuntybunty73@reddit

A lot of yanks down here in Plymouth

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debrisaway@reddit (OP)

What landmarks are there? Mayflower related.

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cuntybunty73@reddit

Just the mayflower steps really and a small museum on the barbican

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BlaggartDiggletyDonk@reddit

Sounds less disappointing than Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.

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andyrocks@reddit

It isn't.

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cuntybunty73@reddit

Never got to that side of the Atlantic but I've seen photos of it

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Any_Listen_7306@reddit

In the West of Scotland (ferry port) this year it's been mainly Americans, Canadians, and Italians I've personally encountered. The odd German too.

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LaraH39@reddit

Northern Ireland and yes we get a shit ton of tanks but also weirdly Spanish?

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SaltyName8341@reddit

It used to be russians but now it's Canadians

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RainbowWarrior73@reddit

I’m using sweeping generalisation when I say, Europeans, Middle Eastern, American, Asian, Chinese, Japanese, however you meet every imaginable nationality in central London.

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BG3restart@reddit

We get a lot of Chinese. Even the ice cream seller knows his ice cream flavours in Chinese and can ask if they want a cone or a tub, one scoop or two :) Yesterday I was in town and heard French, Spanish, German and another language that I didn't know. We get all sorts.

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feeb75@reddit

chinese

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rabidrob42@reddit

I used to live 2 streets away from Caerphilly castle, and the amount of different French students we'd see with their teachers was insane in the Summer.

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SeaCoast3@reddit

In south Devon most often it's Dutch - going on car plates Then also French + German

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cuntybunty73@reddit

Plenty of yanks in Plymouth

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SeaCoast3@reddit

I've only met one strangely (and it wasn't a great experience)

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cuntybunty73@reddit

There are tourists from other countries but mostly yanks and yeah yanks are loud and annoying and extremely arrogant

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bluetooth_pizza@reddit

Cardiff, Wales - they tend to be English or American, some Chinese too.

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Tamar-sj@reddit

St James' Park is always full of German children on school trips, followed by French, and then Dutch.

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Wonderful-Cow-9664@reddit

Well it’s impossible to know who has moved here and who is just visiting, but I’d say East Asian (I know that’s quite general-but I wouldn’t be able to name just one country)

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trysca@reddit

We get a lot of Germans ( apparently there is some TV series set here) followed by French and Spanish as we are a ferry terminal with a sprinkle of Scandinavians - usually Swedes . We occasionally get swamped by Americans when the cruise liners drops by.