28 June, 2007 |

Authorities of Rome are revolted by scales of drunk tourists

One of these days authorities of Rome have let out the reference to tourists, in which they have addressed to them with the request to moderate drunkenness.  It is also spoken in the document that the Eternal city simply perishes from the unbridled tricks of drunk tourists.
Rome is not a unique place of pilgrimage of tourists, which suffers from their excessive bent for fine. Resorts of Spain and islands of Greece can be also named as “unfortunate” in this respect. The eternal city conducts a double life: in the afternoon it pleases fans of olden time and archeologists, and at night it is exposed to invasion of drunk tourists from the United States and the Great Britain, who strive to get into any ancient construction.
The assistant of Rome’s mayor regrets has added that the similar disrespectful behavior is consequence of “culture of drunkenness”, alien to Italy.
So, for last two months the group of drunk tourists has damaged a   XVII century fountain.
Tourists also disturb the local residents, complaining that historical constructions become bars for “night pilgrims”. On the one hand, Italy needs tourists, as they bring the quite good income to treasury and from another hand - their increasing quantity is in direct ratio to damage that they bring. So, this year it is expected that more than 20 million tourists will visit the country. For example, only for one day about ten flights from the Great Britain arrive to the Roman airport.

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