OverviewrnCulture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.rnCulture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include:rnrn* customs, values, and traditionsrn* historical, religious, and political backgroundrn* life at homern* leisure, social, and cultural lifern* eating and drinkingrn* dos, don'ts, and taboosrn* business practicesrn* communication, spoken and unspokenrnrnCulture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers. Sunday Times Travelrnrn"... the perfect introduction to the weird"