http://www.metafilter.com/tags/britishtourism Posts tagged with 'britishtourism' at MetaFilter. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:23:41 -0800 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:23:41 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74369/Holiday%2Din%2Dthe%2DSun That young British tourists vacationing in Europe, especially (but not exclusively) in southern Europe during the summer months, often have a <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/drunk-and-abusive-britons-wreak-havoc-in-spain-as-2000-are-jailed-891489.html">nasty reputation</a> for <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/world/europe/24crete.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&em">disorderly displays of public drunkenness </a>, lewdness and <a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23466906-details/Drunk,+violent,+promiscuous...+a+U.S.+view+of+British+youth+as+seen+on+the+cover+of+Time+Magazine/article.do">hooliganism</a> is not exactly news (see <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E4DC1038F937A3575AC0A9659C8B63">here</a>, <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5D91038F930A3575AC0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all">here</a>, and--for a somewhat related old mefi thread--<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/35432/shoshenmerningersdavis-jackassnm">here</a>), but lately the situation <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/12/europe/EU-Britain-Naughty-Travelers.php">may be getting worse</a> (see <a href="http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100011_08/08/2008_99353">here</a>, <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4300911.ece">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Police_and_The_Courts/10227394.html">here</a>). But should the British <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Lifestyle/Article.aspx?id=825584">be singled out</a>? Some say <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/justinwebb/2008/07/has_alcohol_sapped_the_british.html">yes</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74369 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:23:41 -0800 britishbehavior britishdrunkenness britishtourism hooliganism publicdrunkenness ornate insect http://www.metafilter.com/6677/ <a href="http://www.golakes.co.uk/">cumbria tourist board</a> say the lake district is "completely open". <a href="http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/fm.htm">oh no it's not</a> tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.6677 Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:44:35 -0800 britishtourism brokenlink cumbria footandmouthdisease lakedistrict tourism quarsan