For me Ireland and Taiwan, how about some others
Thailand and Vietnam have such kind and welcoming people. I am constantly impressed by the gestures I see.
Just today me and my girlfriend were standing on the side of the road in Thailand waiting to cross. There was no crosswalk nearby but cars saw that we wanted to cross and stopped both lanes for us go. We did not signal in any way or step into the street. They just saw people in need of something that they could help with. Nobody behind them honked or became impatient.
There are so many more examples…
I’m American.
Ireland is probably the friendliest I’ve been too. The Irish are great people.
Rome (I know, not a country, but I can’t comment on the rest of Italy) is probably the least friendly place I’ve been to. Romans are assholes. It’s a very cool city, but the people, especially outside of tourist traps suck.
The Japanese are very polite, respectful, and helpful (almost to a fault) but I’m not sure if I’d generally describe them as friendly.
Romans are assholes.
First time I’ve heard this. People in Rome are like people in NYC: busy with their own lives, unwilling to take any BS, but generally helpful if you really need it.
I’ve only met one person from France in my life. It was at a music festival here in the states. I asked him if he knew where a specific stage was and through that thick French accent he said “go fuck yourself” and then walked away.
Obviously a sample size of one doesn’t represent a whole country but yeah.
I feel like it matters what race you are :(
My [white] friend has touted some of the friendliest places, but me being Korean…nope. A large number of places are very cold and passive-aggressive.
That said, not typically violent like America, but still not exactly welcoming.
UK is super nice to white people, Koreans go there and get milk thrown on them.
Philippines super nice to white people, Koreans go there and get yelled at.
Taiwan super nice to white people, Koreans go there and… actually I never went with Koreans. and fwiw there’s so much bad blood between China and Korea that it probably bleeds over into Taiwan
Um, maybe… Japan? Deep irony but that might be the nicest place to Koreans now…
oh, duh, Turkiye
Vietnam, Thailand, India, Guatemala, Taiwan is a good call.
in Vietnam, someone literally ran out of their house while I was stopping to adjust my headphones in order to invite me to breakfast at his home.
he had a tiny orchard in his front yard and we shared mango, dragonfruit and pancakes.
I’ve been wanting to visit Vietnam for a while now… I think it was watching Anthony Bourdain there that sold me. Looks like a beautiful nation full of amazing people
The mountains are pretty magical, and every single person was extremely helpful and gracious, either in the city or way out in the tiny mountain villages
How well can one get by as a tourist without speaking Vietnamese? Vietnam has been around the top of my list for places to visit for ages.
Finland and Chile, definitely.
They’re also astonishingly similar.
Chileans are like the Scandinavians of South America.
