Expats Looking For Love Head To Asia Says Hsbc Survey

[churchill]

The HSBC Expat Experience survey released this week has revealed that expats in search of love and friendship can find it most easily in Asia, Thailand especially.

The survey showed that Asia contained the top five friendliest places to live for expats. Thailand topped the list ahead of Vietnam, Hong Kong, Brunei and Malaysia.

Belgium had the unwelcome distinction of being voted least friendly destination for expats ahead of the Netherlands, Germany, Japan and Switzerland.

In Thailand, almost 50 percent of expats find local companionship and establish serious relationships more easily than any other country on earth. On the global scale, around one in five expats have claimed to find love abroad, with Thailand leading the way from Germany and Brazil. India and Qatar were at the other end of the scale with a mere 4 percent saying they found love while there.

The other hurdle facing would be lovers are that expats tend to gravitate towards fellow expats, thereby severely limiting the pool of potential mates. Some countries however were easier for expats to find new friends in. Brazil was voted easiest to make new friends while Russia, India, Canada and South Africa were also rated highly in terms of local integration.

The Middle East was the most difficult place to meet new friends with the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia all voted difficult to make local friends.

Britain has not fared well in the latest survey, with 44 percent of expats living in the UK saying they are considering a return to their native country as opposed to a rate of just 15 percent overall.

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[gotlost]

And they had to take a poll to find this out?

[PhilHarries]

And they had to take a poll to find this out?

Yes it's good to see the banks getting to grips with tight budgets and spending our money responsibly.

Britain has not fared well in the latest survey, with 44 percent of expats living in the UK saying they are considering a return to their native country as opposed to a rate of just 15 percent overall.

I believe, from a piece in the Daily Telegraph, that this is due to Eastern Europeans heading home because the work ain't there no more.