what’s your least fav and best country you have ever traveled to so far ?

Least favorite would be Sweden. The people were extremely friendly and polite and the country has a very interesting Viking history but overall id say it’s my least favorite out of the places I have visited so far.
(I’m not talking about living standards but merely tourism moreover , I stayed there briefly and didn’t travel around much so my opinion might be a little biased )

My top favorite would be Spain ♥️

What about you?

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Rhode57 · 56-60, M

Least favourite would be between uk and venice it would be close but probably venice . The rest of italy isnt bad but found venicians arrogant rude and venice smells really bad especially at high tide .

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Rhode57 Hang on... that is a an entire country and just a single city in another country.

Hardly a fair comparison or contrast. It would be like me slagging off all of France where I have enjoyed many holidays; due to one isolated, rather unwelcoming attitude we met once in one small harbour-side restaurant in Calais. The impression my companion and I had was that the cafe was very much a locals' refuge from all the "booze-cruise" types.

I wonder though if the least welcoming places are the main tourist-traps (sometimes called "honey-pots"), where few of the locals actually benefit from the trade; and many are likely to feel crowded out of their own town and its attractions by the visitors. Or even worse, are out-competed for housing by the second-home and holiday-let trade, whilst themselves scraping a living working in the supermarkets, the ubiquitous American fast-food chains and the seasonal tourist trade itself.

I live near a seaside resort.... At least I was lucky, enjoying 40 years of low-skilled but proper, all-year employment meaning eventually buying my own, though relatively low-cost, home...