The owners of Zakopane restaurants and accommodations are trying to do everything they can to attract Arab tourists. The Tatra Chamber of Commerce informed a few months ago that the local gastronomic offer is to be diversified with halal dishes, and the restaurant menus will be translated into Arabic. Despite the fact that the locals go out of their way to accommodate visitors from the Middle East, Poland is not short of surprises for them. In the Onet article, we learn what bothers Arab tourists the most on their first day.
“They are always dissatisfied on the first day”
It turns out that the first disappointment is often the accommodation. “They are always dissatisfied on the first day, they call the agent to look for a new place for them, because in their opinion the first one is bad. In 75% of cases, of course, they stay there anyway. These are often really exclusive places and it seems to me that this is a strategy of these tourists to get a discount. A kind of ‘bargaining’, which is probably deeply rooted in their culture,” a driver who transports tourists from the Middle East told Onet.
“Men put their hand on their hearts when saying goodbye”
However, he stressed that most of the people he had contact with were nice and friendly people. “When I drop them off at the airport, the men put their hands on their hearts and bless me with the words salam alaykum, which means ‘peace be with you’. The women either smile or come up to me and shake my hand,” he added.
Photo: Marek Podmokły / Agencja Wyborcza.pl
He also noticed that, unlike Poles, Arabs can’t wait for the rain to fall in the mountains. “The whole group was walking in the nearby meadows and waiting for… rain. When drops of water started falling from the sky, these people were filled with joy. They were literally dancing on the grass, looking at the sky with smiles,” he told Onet.
Source: Gazeta
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