Brits wanting to party all night and drink cheap booze have usually travelled to destinations like Magaluf, Benidorm and Amsterdam. But holidaymakers have discovered a new place to let their hair down as some countries are asking Brits to stay away, in an attempt to tackle "nuisance tourism."
People looking for ridiculously cheap holiday deals have been heading to the increasingly popular beach destination of Bulgaria. Resorts there have previously been favoured by families.
But now, according to the Sun it appears the area is attracting ever more partygoers seeking sun, sand and sex. And it's the cheap alcohol and accommodation that is a massive draw.
In a recent television series, E4, Emergency On Sunny Beach, police say it is British partygoers who cause the most trouble. The six-parter shows women stripping to get hold of freebies, the Daily Star reports.
Men are also seen playing wild drinking games and passing out after too much alcohol. And couples are captured becoming overly familiar in public.
One young man, Mason, 21, from Essex, heads on a bar crawl and licks alcohol off a Bulgarian woman’s breasts. He told the documentary: "I’m 21, a young buck, I’ve got a lot of goals. I’m going to make Sunny Beach my oyster."
Sunny Beach town in Bulgaria has been nicknamed "Blackpool Abroad," which offers all-you-can-drink nights for £26, Viagra jelly shots and beers for under £1.
With alternative destinations like Amsterdam putting new rules in place around drugs and sex workers to discourage bad behaviour the town is likely to only get busier. To control the wild crowds, Sunny Beach increases police and lifeguard presence.
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Local police woman Desislava Goranova said: "At night the central part of the resort goes through a change, the clubs open, it’s full of people with loose morals, a lot of drugs and booze. In my view the usual British tourist looks like this — fair skin, a bit chubby and wearing as little clothing as possible, always very loud and covered in tattoos.
"Compared to other nationalities the British tourists are always very loud and jolly." While her colleague added: "The British people cause the most problems because they can’t drink."
In the E4 series, documentarians asked many holidaymakers while they chose the town. A caretaker named Demi, 20, said: "We’ve only done it to get f***ed up and this is what happens."
With her face covered in cuts, she added: "Lesson learnt: Don’t give anyone a piggyback when you’re drunk, and don’t run when you’re doing it because you’ll have to pay a lot of money. Oh, and take out insurance."
Her pal, Holly, also 20, commented: "It’s Blackpool but abroad." The pair went on to use laughing gas balloons and get permanent tattoos.
Demi got the words: ‘Smoke weed every day’ inked on her thigh in Arabic despite not speaking the language. She added: "If my family asks, then I’ll just say it says, ‘Live, laugh, love’."
Also speaking on the documentary, Tsvetan Florov, 30, owner of Club Viking, said: "The young British lads are like wild animals. People try to have sex in the club.
"Someone’s going to be lucky — that’s why we also give away condoms so they can practise safe sex."
Carmel, from Essex, dances on a stripper pole before noting: "What happens in Bulgaria stays in Bulgaria." While 18-year-old Ruby, commented: "I don’t think you can come to Sunny Beach with a boyfriend.
"If you do, you’re going home without one."
A local added: "I grew up in Sunny Beach, the tourists become friends. The British tourists are a must here because, without them, Sunny Beach is not the same."
They said that "without British tourists [during Covid] Sunny Beach was boring." Holiday reps explain that Sunny Beach is the place to go for a party with "girls everywhere", bar crawls, boat parties and booze.
The price of accommodation is sure to be one attraction for penny pinching holidaymakers. Even in the high season, in mid-June when temperatures soar to an average high of 26C you can bag a deal.
Six nights in the Apartment Blue Komfort, under a mile from the centre, will cost £117 – that’s just £19.50 a night. You can also get six nights at the Menada Grand Kamelia Apartments – 0.5miles front he centre – for £121 between two people.
Split between a pair means each of you will pay £10 per night.
If you're willing to head further out you'll get even cheaper deals with a six night stay between two at the Sunny Day 5 apartments priced at just £112. You'll pay just £9.30 each per night to stay in the rooms which are 2.2miles from the strip.
