Travelvivi.com already wrote that the Russians are recognized as the worst tourists on the planet. But the survey, based on which Russians were called the worst travelers was held by the British. What do others think about the British in those countries where they come for a vocation?
Sexual promiscuity of British tourists, as well as their passion for wild antics in a drunken state, has long been known in the traditional holiday countries of the British, such as Spain or Greece. Or even Latvia, where a number of British “bachelors” are held.
According to a survey conducted by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, every seven British admitted that while on vacation had sex in a public place, and every twentieth ran around naked or showed naked ass in public. Every second Englishwoman sunbathes topless, with absolutely no interest in what is prescribed in this regard in the law of the host country. The poll was attended by 34 thousand Englishmen, which shows the true scale of the disaster. Head of Statistics FCO said that in 2008 more than 500 000 British could be arrested for immoral behavior abroad.
Moreover, according to the research of social psychologists, drunken fights and aggressive sexual escapades became part of British culture of leisure. Of course, this applies only to British youth, the power fathers of families with a decent prosperity fly away on holiday with children to Turkey or to the islands of the Caribbean region and do not allow themselves to make wild antics. However, they were also once students, from the tumult of which the walls of bars on the Spanish resorts shook, they showed ass to a young Greek woman and urinated on a bet on the Statue of Liberty in Riga.
British young people tend to travel with groups and the behavior of members of these groups is subject to the “law of the pack”. This means that approval of compatriots would be much more important for the tourist than any aggression or immoral act with respect to local residents. Excessive alcohol consumption also weakens the adequate perception and evaluation of their actions and their consequences. As a result, all European countries, where low-cost -airlines fly from the UK are subject to attacks by young British. The farther, the more dangerous become their antics.
Last week, Turkish authorities deported 19-year-old British tourist, Thomas Strong, who was laid bare and shouted insults before the statue of Ataturk in Marmaris. It should be noted that the attitude to Turkey’s national hero and the first president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is not as free as to modern European presidents. As a result, Strong was very lucky that the police managed to arrest him; otherwise the British would be lynched by local residents. Turkish court expelled the young tourist from the country and banned him to visit Turkey within 5 years, but the group of insulted Turks requires hanging the villain considering the punishment to be too liberal. Strong could not explain his behavior. “I do not know why I did it” – he said in court.
However, returning home, the British youth comes to senses and begins to treat all misdemeanors committed in the resorts as meaningless episode. So, in July in Greece scandal associated with the regular drunken antics of British tourist was broken. Stewart Felten, brazenly accosted local woman and when he laid bare, the girl could not stand it, splashed on him alcohol and burned him. Tourist received second degree gravity burns, was evacuated to his home country and sued the Greek woman for causing severe injuries. It turns out that he is absolutely not guilty, and she attacked him herself, poured a liquid to ignite the coals and set on fire in response to an innocent phrase, uttered in the side. Evidence of local residents, the bar, and the fact that according to medical records of flammable liquid was spilled on the naked body, not on clothes, all of this is a little more than noise for the British. But the testimony of his comrades, who claim that Felten “did not say anything” and behaved as usual, show an aggressive sexual behavior and rampant drunkenness peculiar to British tourists on holiday.