According to the poll result, done by travel and lifestyle networking site WAYN.com, France is the most unwelcoming country in the world for Brits. The French — famed for being rude and peevish — scored 32 per cent of the vote for hostility in a survey of 5,000 visitors.

France was followed by Russia and then Germany in the poll.

Of the Home Nations, Wales was the least welcoming, ending fourth in an international top ten just above China.

On the friendly side, America was judged the most welcoming followed by Ireland, Spain, Greece and Australia.

WAYN.com co-founder Jerome Touze, who is FRENCH, said: “I am shocked to learn France is considered the least welcoming. I urge people to give it a chance.”