To some extent it is rather embarrassing. Over the last few weeks I have been interviewing the leading local authorities. The key comments always...we want British tourists to come here, we want them to have a great time, we want them to discover the island but we want them to behave themselves.
Party is over in Mallorca
If you are coming to Mallorca just to get drunk then we kindly invite you to go elsewhere
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While it's true that the stereotypical drunken Brit amounts to only a fraction of British tourists, there's other stereotypical characters that make catering to British tourism more challenging, such as the need to provide British food and drink, the British attraction to cheapness, the moan factor (always something to complain about, even though paying the lowest prices), inability to speak any other language (not even a little) and then complaining that service people and other tourists don't speak "proper" English. The insular mindset. These are other irritating stereotypes of catering to British tourism. Everything has to be special. And cheap. And English. And even when you deliver it, they'll still complain about it.
Whenever I read a Jason Moore article, it takes me back to my school days when I'd (more often than i'd like to admit to) leave my homework until morning it was due and hurriedly cobble something together before I left the house.