YP Letters: Airport bars fuel rise of British tourist thugs

From: M Bonser, East Riding.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Aug 2017, 13:47 BST
Updated 11th Sep 2017, 12:41 BST
Should alcohol sales be banned or limited at airports?Should alcohol sales be banned or limited at airports?
Should alcohol sales be banned or limited at airports?

AFTER reading the article by Andrew Vine (The Yorkshire Post, August 15) on drunken tourist thugs, I felt the need to reply: Aren’t they a disgrace?

We have experienced these louts on some of our flights to Mallorca and we feel ashamed to be called British.

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We see young people, mainly men, downing pints of beer in the airport as early as 5am. Their attitude is “my holiday starts here”.

Why is it that those who abuse the system end up making it difficult for everyone else, and then every Brit is tarred with the same brush?

Why do journalists write articles about this problem 
but never mention the 
issue of drinking in the
airport before boarding the plane?

Surely the solution must be to ban the sale of alcohol in the airports and even on the plane itself?

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The holiday resorts quoted in the article are taking steps, therefore we in this country must also take a stance.

We have seen reports on Spanish TV showing the disgusting scenes that take place in their resorts.

These British people also 
take up a lot of time and resources by needing hospital treatment in the countries 
they visit.