Meeting a British foreigner, what to say to them?
I live in a coastal town where no many foreigners come. When I come into one I really want to talk and be polite to them, coul I say?

"A pleasure to meet you. It is great to see British people over here , there are not many.may I ask you why you decided to head to my town?
Are you here for work or for leisure?
If you need any information or a brief guided tour , let me kniw , I ' ll be happy to help you have a pleasant stay in my town'

Should I change the way I expressed these things? What's the best to sound polite and helpful?

Thank you very much

Question

Meeting a British foreigner, what to say to them?
I live in a coastal town where no many foreigners come. When I come into one I really want to talk and be polite to them, coul I say?

"A pleasure to meet you. It is great to see British people over here , there are not many.may I ask you why you decided to head to my town? 
Are you here for work or for leisure?
If you need any information or a brief guided tour , let me kniw , I ' ll be happy to help you have a pleasant stay in my town'

Should I change the way I expressed these things? What's the best to sound polite and helpful?

Thank you very much

Answer

Yes, you were pretty polite. But as an advice I can say that it`s better to say "May I ask you why have you decided to go to my town", also "It is great to see British people around here" is the better variant, than "It is great to see British people OVER here".

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