No Crackdown on Bulgaria Booze-Fests

Young holiday-makers in Bulgaria are tempted by bar crawls at negligible costs.File photo

The party is not over for those Europeans who want to go on drinking tours in Bulgaria despite the country's ambitious plans to crack down on its booming alcohol tourism.

"There is no point in banning the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bulgaria's coastal resorts. Still it is true that "alcohol tourism" often gets a little out of control and this is not good," Economy and Tourism Minister Delyan Dobrev told the national radio on Sunday.

The minister disagreed that alcohol tourism is all the most popular resort of Sunny Beach is known for, though admitting many young people go there on binging sprees.

Cheap alcohol prices and lax regulations have made Eastern Europe, and especially Bulgaria, the current hot spot for stag (bachelor) parties from Western Europe.

Over the last two years there have been several incidents of tourists falling to their deaths from hotel balconies after nights out drinking.

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