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British embassy joins fight against drunken louts
The British embassy in Latvia is pitching in to educate visitors on how to behave while in the country. Britons regularly feature in news reports about loud and drunken behaviour in the capital city of Riga. Infamous stag parties of aggressive young men have resulted in many clubs and bars sticking up no entry signs.
Now embassy officials are to join the campaign for more responsible tourism though what exactly they are going to do about it remains a bit of a mystery. Outgoing UK ambassador Ian Bond said the embassy will continue to inform visitors about obeying the law and not urinating on the Freedom Monument - as though they didn't know that already. He said: We will continue doing everything to inform tourists that they have to respect the legislation, traditions and monuments of the country."
Recently Latvian National Police charged two Britons for possessing cocaine and arrested a third for exposing himself on the Freedom Monument.
This article was written for TravelSavvy Europe by Robert Allcock. If you know of an interesting European travel related news story, please get in contact.
