Are British Tourists Among The Most Obnoxious In The World?

Even in a sea of tourists, it is easy to spot the Britons here on the northeast coast of Crete, and not just from the telltale pallor of their sun-deprived northern skin.

They are the ones, the locals say, who are carousing, brawling and getting violently sick. They are the ones crowding into health clinics seeking morning-after pills and help for sexually transmitted diseases. They are the ones who seem to have one vacation plan: drinking themselves into oblivion.

"They scream, they sing, they fall down, they take their clothes off, they cross-dress, they vomit," Malia's mayor, Konstantinos Lagoudakis, said in an interview. "It is only the British people -- not the Germans or the French."

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Comments

[ezbreezer]

RULE BRITANNIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AlexSalmon]

Why, Blowhard, do you think we used to transport our dregs to, say, the American & Australian colonies if it were not in the knowledge that their descendants and countrymen would maintain the proud traditions or which you speak?

+ VivaZapata - In England we don't need another word for prostitute, "Italian" is bad enough in itself and covers a whole lot more besides.

[VivaZapata]

In Sicily, another word for prostitute is Englishwoman.

[oldGunny]

Spring Break in FL or Mexico?
Americans can and will take the title back.

[mamacat]

Last year we vacationed and there were hundreds of Brits where we went. They were definitely loud, but they were also friendly, sincere, and lots of fun to be around. No complaints here. Maybe they are just rebelling after all those centuries of being so reserved. We made some friends and are looking forward to meeting up with them again. We also know others who have met Brits on vacation and have then made long-term, close friends, so it isn't just us.

[fetacheese]

without a doubt: yes!

[blowhard]

the brits are perverts, colonialists and p u p a lovers. they deserve all the negativity in the universe.

[MrWampler]

I once interned at DisneyWorld. The answer to this question is easily, "yes."

[sedum]

America has been trying to outdo the brits in this regard and gaining ground although they like to use guns rather than bottles.