GOING on holiday soon? It would help if you became more like the Japanese, who were voted by hoteliers as the world's best tourists in a global travel survey released by online travel company Expedia.com.

The survey asked more than 4,000 hoteliers from across the globe to list their best overall travellers.

The hoteliers rated travellers on categories that included manners, willingness to learn the local language and sample the cuisine, tidiness, generosity and stylishness.

The Japanese won top prize for being overall best tourists. Germans and Britons tied for second place, followed by the Canadians and Swiss. It is not known how Singaporeans rate.

The survey also ranked American tourists as the most generous, followed by Canadians and Russians, while the French, British and Dutch were the most 'fiscally conservative'. Britons, Italians and Americans were considered noisy, while the French and Germans were among the messiest hotel guests. --REUTERS