From drinking, littering and yelling in the Swiss Alps to leering at foreigners on a nudist beach, jumping lines, breaking into a bhangra or garba and clicking photos without consent, are things some ‘Ugly Indian Tourists’ do when abroad, bringing shame to the entire country

xThe holiday season is in full swing, and Indian tourists are everywhere — from Paris cafés to Pattaya beaches, from Vietnamese spas to Swiss ski towns. But while some are earning compliments for curiosity and charm, others are earning global side-eyes for being that ‘uncouth and cheap’ traveller: loud, impatient, entitled, and sometimes downright offensive and vulgar.

From drinking and littering on Pattaya beaches to breaking into bhangra in sacred temples, or arguing with flight attendants for not refilling their w

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