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| Subject: Ridiculous conformity: 'Rude' Russian tourists offered a lesson in Italian 'manners' Fri Jun 27, 2014 12:31 am | |
| As the summer tourist season approaches, Italians have a message for their rich Russian visitors - you may have money, but you have no manners.
Big-spending Russians have proved a lifeline for the Italian tourist sector during the past few years of economic recession but they are often perceived as brash, boorish and rude.
Now a hotel owner in Tuscany - the Russians' favourite destination - has produced a television commercial that aims to educate wealthy Muscovites and other Russian visitors about the finer points of Italian etiquette.
Salvatore Madonna runs hotels in Forte dei Marmi, an upmarket resort on the Tuscan coast that caters to Russians with menus written in Cyrillic and plentiful designer outlets, and has been nicknamed "Moscow-on-Sea".
The three-minute advertisement advises Russians to "smile more", to say thank you more often and to be more pleasant in their dealings with waiters and hotel staff.
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-planning/travel-news/tuscany-italy-rude-russian-tourists-offered-a-lesson-in-manners-20140611-39x2a.html |
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