Latin Lovers Most Likely To Play Away and Kiwis Most Committed, According To HostelBookers

    LONDON, ENGLAND, December 17, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A travel survey by leading budget accommodation provider HostelBookers.com has found Brazilians to be both the most narcissistic travellers and most likely to cheat on a partner whilst away. The research, responded to by over 10,000 budget travellers during November 2009, showed that 61.1% of Brazilians considered themselves and their compatriots to make the best lovers, with 15.4% of the Brazilians surveyed admitting to infidelity whilst on holiday, compared to a global average of just 9.9%.

Other nationalities that were particularly convinced by their nation's credentials in bed included Norwegians (53.3%) and Portuguese (52%), whilst the Germans were least attracted to fellow citizens with just 21.2% opting for themselves as the best lovers. Americans were also modest, with just 25.1% believing their compatriots to make the best lovers.

The least faithful travellers after Brazilians were hot-blooded Italians (11.2% admitted to cheating) and Viking descendents in Denmark (10.8%). Across the Oresund Bridge however, fellow Scandinavians Sweden proved to be sticklers for fidelity, with 74.4% remaining faithful. The travellers least likely to cheat are the Antipodeans, with 79% of Kiwis and 77.4% of Aussies claiming never to have cheated whilst travelling.

Two-timing Danes were also the most liable to have one-night stands whilst travelling. 41.9% confirmed that they'd indulged in one-off quickies, way above the global average of 31.6%. The only nation to come close was nearby neighbour Sweden (38%), whose travellers were presumably not cheating on their partners in the process. Least fond of such antics were the Poles, with 60% denying having had one-night stands abroad, followed by 56.2% of Americans.

British travellers were found to be less likely than average to cheat on partners when travelling (just 8.7%) and amongst the least likely to try one-night stands (49% spurning them). The UK was also only moderately convinced of its citizens' sexual prowess (only 40.5% believed Britons made the best lovers). The biggest foreign advocates of UK lovers were nearby neighbours Ireland (6.8% put the British at the top of the list), France (6.7%), Sweden (6.1%) and fellow Commonwealth members Australia (4.4%) and Canada (3.8%).

David Smith, chief operating officer of HostelBookers, said, "It's interesting to see that, by and large, budget travellers remain faithful when abroad, with under 10% cheating on their partners. It could be that they are too busy experiencing the destination they've travelled to or that the time they spend in their accommodation is taken up using all the facilities that hostels and budget hotels offer nowadays.

It's also revealing to see what different nations think of each other's prowess as lovers and their propensity to 'play away.' It'll be a useful reference for anyone with Brazilian or Danish partners who are planning to head off on a budget break," Smith added.

HostelBookers features more than 16,500 hostels and budget properties in over 3,000 destinations across more than 150 countries, and is the only website in the industry not to charge a booking fee - its lowest price guarantee means that prices are on average 5.1 per cent less expensive than other well-known hostel booking companies.

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