Paris tell tourists to play them at their own game

FORGET sensible walking shoes, fold-away rain macs and pocket maps — the essential accessory for tourists to Paris this season is “le scowl”.

Paris tell tourists to play them at their own game

It should be worn frequently and conspicuously, preferably accompanied by an aggressively protruding bottom lip, an air of bored indifference or a variety of hand gestures all designed to give the finger.

Tourism chiefs in the French capital have decided that “when in Rome” should apply to their city too and there’s no better way for visitors to do like the Parisians than to play it rude.

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