Brits abroad out for booze, sex and a good punch-up

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2005

LONDON (AFP) — Young Britons on holiday shun local culture for booze, casual sex and fist-fighting, said an official British report revealed.

The Foreign Office report, "Project Holiday", surveyed 1,000 tourists aged between 16 and 30 and laid bare the startling details of young Brits travelling abroad to "party hard and do things to excess".

Gone are the days of sun, sea and sangria: bonking, brawls and booze are the new watchwords for young British visitors to foreign shores.

Over one third of Britons surveyed reckoned holidays are all about hedonistic behaviour.

Of those, 75 percent were looking forward to excessive drinking, 28 percent craved a quick one-night-stand, eight percent were drug-crazed and five percent were on the look-out for a good...