German tabloid mocks UK
This comes after a British man was awarded
£750 (953 euros) after suing his travel company over a holiday at a resort
filled with Germans.
Bild quotes a German legal expert saying
that Germans holidaying in all-British resorts would not have the same
opportunity of suing.
It goes on to poke fun at British cuisine,
drinking-habits and sport.
David Barnish, 47, was awarded compensation
last week for a holiday in Greece which he argued had been spoilt by the number
of German tourists and the fact that all the activities were organised in the
German language.
Penalty jibe
Bild points out that Germans will find it
hard to get their money back if they find their hotel overrun with Britons.
"Even if the travel company announces
in the brochure that the resort is 'favoured by Germans', the tourist has to
accept the possibility that he will spend his holidays with up to 90%
foreigners - above all with the English," Uta Stenzel, a legal expert, told
the paper.
Bild recommends avoiding the best-known
destinations for British holidaymakers and lists the top six 'black spots' as
the Bay of Palma in Majorca, San Antonio in Ibiza, Playa de las Americas in
Tenerife, Ayia Napa in Cyprus, Faliraki on the Greek island of Rhodes and Malia
in Crete.
Just in case the Germans have a problem
identifying British tourists abroad, Bild has a guide on its online version,
illustrated with an unappealing photo of two sunburnt women on sun chairs.
It also ridicules British cuisine,
binge-drinking, fashion and sport, says that "athletically they are not up
to much, they can't even take penalties" and points out that Austria and
Switzerland - the hosts of this summer's Euro 2008 football championships -
will be largely British-free zones this year as no British teams have qualified.
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