Prague to ban night-time pub crawls

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October 18, 2024
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In a bid to attract more “refined” visitors, Prague is set to ban night-time pub crawls organised by travel agencies. This is to deter unruly tourists from visiting the city. Authorities from the Czech capital say that the organised pub crawls, often aimed at foreign stag and hen dos, will be banned between 22:00 and 06:00 local time.

Deputy mayor Jiri Pospisil said he wanted the city to become a place in which “refinement and respect for shared public space are a priority,” It is not alone in this. Last year, Amsterdam launched a campaign hoping to discourage young British men from visiting the Dutch capital to use drugs and drink heavily.

Prague City Council said that councillors have approved the amendment which would limit “organised movements of tourists from pub to pub, disrupting the night peace especially in the centre.”

The change was made over noise, safety, and cleanliness. Crowds of drunk tourists can have an effect on the reputation of the city, according to the councillors. Officials in a central district, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where some of the bars are, have welcomed it.

Prague One mayor Terezie Radomerska called it a “welcome change” that would “reduce the negative effects caused by excessive noise in the streets.”

The city attracts tourism because of its stunning historic features as well as its cheap alcohol. In some restaurants and pubs, a drunk of beer can cost less than bottled water.

“I don’t think this will hurt our sales,” Vaclav Starek of the Czech Association of Hotels and Restaurants said. “Nobody will be banned from going to a pub but these nightly organised pub crawls … are nothing we would need.”

With a population of 1.3 million, Prague welcomed around 7.4 million tourists last year, according to the Czech Statistical Office.

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