To Goanet - "In June, the Zurich newspaper Tages-Anzeiger featured an article with the headline “Into the Luxury Hotel with a Gas Cooker,” noting that “in some hotels an entire caste of guests is no longer desired: the Indians.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/world/europe/12swiss.html?_r=1 My remarks: Some years ago, I was in Interlaken when I saw a large tour bus disgorge a menagerie of Indians. Their mere sight was embarrassing, to say the least, and I quickly put a lot of distance between them and I. I also noticed that there were now signs in Hindi with arrows pointing to the trash bins in the towns frequented by Indian tourists: "Kachraa baahar mat phenkiye. Yahaan daal dijiye." (Do not litter. Throw your trash HERE.) It was clear right away that the Indian hordes had been treating Switzerland like their personal trash bag and that the Swiss were not going to stand for it. I mean, Swiss and clean are synonyms. There were reports at the time (one even made it into The Lonely Planet edition on Switzerland) of Indians getting into arguments at Swiss hotels after hearing of the high tariffs. It wasn't just that Indians were boors; they were scheming boors (like paying for one buffet breakfast while the whole family took turns digging into it). Well, now I guess the Swiss have had enough of desis. The Swiss like your cash, of course, but they like their 'Swiss clean' even more, and they won't let you ghatify their magnificent country. They are realizing that desis are a bad bad bargain. By the way, we Goans should have picked up on the Swiss tourism formula long ago and focused on high-end tourism. Come to Goa, give us your cash, then go home. Don't stay here. Instead, look what we did - we sold our land and our souls to those uncouth N Indians. Regards, r
