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哪裡最好吃？哪裡逛街最愉快？哪裡最友善？據美國旅遊網站Travelzoo最近公布的調查，台灣在美食與友善程度都位居亞軍，香港則是最棒的購物天堂。

友善度則拿亞軍

美國有線電視新聞網（ＣＮＮ）旗下旅遊網站CNNGO報導說，Travelzoo調查日本、中國、香港、台灣與澳洲等地觀光客的旅遊經驗，結果顯示日本是美食最棒的觀光去處，有百分之十八受訪者說讚，台灣以百分之十二點二支持度位居亞軍，第三名是香港，接下來是泰國與中國。

美食家胡天蘭說：「台灣贏香港我不訝異。我們有選項廣泛的平價美食，取得都很容易，對觀光客來講很有吸引力。」
美食家吳恩文也說：「我們長期推廣美食觀光，的確值得這樣的肯定。」

論到好客友善，百分之十六點九受訪者認為日本人最友善，其次是台灣與泰國。觀光局副局長劉喜臨表示，台灣在友善度方面可再加強，例如旅館業對旅客的親切程度，日本人在禮貌上就非常周到，迎賓送客禮數周到的程度連我們都會豎起大拇指稱讚，觀光業人員在這方面可更精進，還有進步空間。至於台灣市井小民，對外國旅客的親切度就跟日本人不相上下。

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Japan is the best food destination for travelers while Africa has the worst reputation for food, according to results from a Travelzoo survey.

The survey also found that Japan was picked as the friendliest for travelers (31.7 percent) while China was the least friendly.

Travelers from China were the highest spending when abroad with Hong Kong picked as the preferred shopping destination.

The results come from a Travelzoo poll 3,200 people in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Australia. Respondents were asked a variety of questions relating to food/dining, culture, shopping and other topics to gather insight into travel experiences and desires.

Scroll down through the highlights below, then add your two cents’ worth in the comments. We’d love to hear your own take.

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Asia was the preferred dining destination amongst those surveyed with almost 48.2 percent of all respondents ranking Japan as the best food destination. Taiwan (34.1 percent) and Hong Kong (30.9 percent) were second and third, while Thailand (28.8 percent) and Italy (23.9 percent) rounded up the top five.

Interestingly, Hong Kong respondents were the only group that did not rate their home as the best food destination.

Hong Kong was crowned the best shopping destination, eliciting 38.2 percent of all respondents.

Japan was next best with 34.7 percent, and the United States (33.4 percent) was third.

Hong Kongers also liked to pack their bags with souvenirs, indicating they purchase, on average, almost 10 souvenirs from each trip.

However, Chinese travelers were the real big-spenders, with respondents indicating an average shopping spend of about RMB5,500 (US$870) per trip.

Travelers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China tended to buy local specialty foods. Japanese were more likely to get souvenirs and Australians preferred shopping for clothes.

robably the most contentious part of the survey asked respondents to choose three countries they rated as most friendly and three that were least friendly for travelers.

Japan (with 31.7 percent of all people responded) was deemed the most friendly, closely followed by Taiwan and Thailand. However, both Australian and Taiwan respondents were rather patriotic picking their homes as the most friendly. Interestingly, Hong Kongers (with 7.8 percent) barely rated Hong Kong for friendliness.

On the other end of the scale, China proved to be the least friendly with almost 33.9 percent of respondents. About 20 percent voted for France and Korea was next with 16.9 percent. Respondents from Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong all had China at the top of their least friendly list.

The survey did not probe further into what may have brought on that response (e.g., language difficulties or ease of access for travelers) but current geo-political issues may be behind the data.

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