A whipping for Czech low-budget tourists

In a surprise move, Croatia has banned tourists from bringing food into the country at the beginning of the tourist season. For Czechs in particular this is a hard blow, given that Croatia is their favourite holiday destination and they like to bring food supplies from their own country for the journey to their private accommodation there. The left-wing liberal newspaper talks of a "whipping for low-budget tourists like us. Yet it is thanks to us that the Croats' living standards improve from year to year. ... The richer tourists prefer the luxury hotels that, however, do not belong to Croats but to foreign investors. ... What is the point of it all? It only creates tension and insecurity and allows customs officers and policemen to let off steam on Czechs who have salami or a lump of cheese in their car."

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