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Indonesia

U.S. tourists are looked down on in Indonesia. The main reason for this is that many have acted poorly while visiting. It is not uncommon for visitors from the U.S. to take up space on a street corner and panhandle for money.

Indonesians refer to this as beg-packing. The idea is that tourists beg for money so that they can travel around the country’s many islands. With a large portion of the Indonesian population being in poverty, this is seen as tacky.