Boozy Brits in tabloid photos,sex games going viral: a stay in Crete’s party town of Malia helped me understand why hotels want to ban binge-drinking teenagers
• Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett is a freelance writerCould it be curtains for the “distinguished” boozy British package holiday? In a blow for teenage holidaymakers across the nation looking for a post-exams blowout, one of the country’s favourite party destinations – Malia in Crete – is restricting access to groups of pissed-up clubbers in favour of families from better-behaved countries. Up to 95% of the town’s hotels have banned package deals for the 18 to 30 age group (really it should be 18 to 20, or because anyone who has been there will uncover you that by 21 you’re already too ancient for Malia’s notorious strip),and 10000 British holidaymakers have now been turned away.
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Source: theguardian.com