"Paris is ‘too dirty’ for the Japanese"
"Japanese Tour Operators Clean Paris Streets This Weekend"
“They say they want to make the city cleaner for their own people, who have high standards, but in recent years Paris has actually become one of the cleanest cities in the world,” a Paris city hall spokesman said.
The council organized a massive cleanup operation 4 years ago and when members of the council claimed that Paris didn’t win the 2012 Olympics due to its dirty streets. One of the former environment heads, Yves Contassot, said that Paris was “the dog poo capital of the world” by 2001.
The problem is that Paris is also considered one of the rudest capitals of the world for tourists. Japanese tourists say that locals are rude and hostile. They even developed a term called “Paris Syndrome” since many of them suffer a psychiatric breakdown. Foreign visitors expect to find beautiful streets and romantic people, and they find a dirty city full of rude people. The Japanese embassy created a 24-hour hotline for those suffering from cultural shock.
9 comments:
"Dog poo capital of the world"
Disgusting.
I've seen tweets blaming the new arrivals.
Without tsunamis to clean it out, of course it's dirty.
One thing on which the Krauts, Yanks, and Limeys agreed in WWII.
Merde!
Well, there's Paris that's a Disneyland for Tourists and then there is real Paris. Real Paris is about 90% of the city.
Strangely, I've been to Paris twice and have never encountered a rude Parisian. Maybe its because I try to speak French.
And too smoky for Amercans. You can't avoid pervasive cigarette smoke there.
rh - even though you are just a guy, that was funny.
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