British booze tourists invade Eastern Europe

Steffen Fründt examines a "phenomenon that is causing delight on the one side and dismay on the other. Since the advent of cheap flights shrank the Continent, booze-binge tourism has developed into a branch of its own. Above all the British are invading Europe's metropolises in hordes with their stag nights and organised pub crawls. ... This drink-driven clientele is not nearly as welcome as it once was in its destinations of choice." As an example Fründt cites "Prague, where the two million cheap-flight tourists who visit the city each year now make up the largest group of visitors to the city and organisers like 'Prague Piss-Up' make millions by selling them the combination of dark beer and sex. And in Riga, too, a city councillor recently warned that with its booming liquor and sex industry the Latvian capital could soon become the 'Bangkok of Europe'."

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