Predictors of violence in young tourists: a comparative study of British, German and Spanish holidaymakers

Abstract

High levels of substance use contribute to violence being a relatively common feature of young people's visits to international holiday resorts. To protect the health and well-being of holidaymakers and local populations in popular resorts, violence and substance use prevention must adapt to an increasingly globalized nightlife.

Alcohol, drogas, sexo y violencia: riesgos y consecuencias para la salud entre los jóvenes turistas británicos en las Islas Baleares

“…ej., en el centro de Magalluf orientado a la juventud) se han tomado medidas significativas para organizar la vida nocturna y prevenir la violencia en los centros turísticos 48 , una necesidad dado lo mucho que perjudica al turismo la fama de violencia 20,21 . Sin embargo, hay menos problemas de embriaguez y violencia en las conductas nocturnas de la juventud española 28 . Por tanto, es necesaria la colaboración entre las autoridades de los centros turísticos y las de los países de origen de los turistas para comparar experiencias sobre la organización de la conducta y la vida nocturna de los jóvenes.…”

“…28,29 This paper presents additional analyses of British holidaymakers who, in earlier analyses, displayed higher levels of both substance use and violence than other nationalities. 28,29 Overall, 1399 individuals were approached and asked if they had time to complete a short questionnaire (Majorca n=649, Ibiza n=750). Of these, 15.7% (n=102) in Majorca and 21.2% (n=159) in Ibiza declined before the nature of the survey was explained to them.…”

“…La encuesta formó parte de un estudio más extenso que incluía turistas alemanes y españoles en ambas ubicaciones. En todas las nacionalidades se registraron casos de consumo de sustancias y violencia 28,29 . Este artí-culo ofrece análisis adicionales sobre los turistas británicos que, en estudios anteriores, presentaron niveles más altos de consumo de sustancias y de violencia que los de otras nacionalidades 28,29 .…”

“…Whilst they are the focus of much prevention work in the UK, relatively little information is available to inform prevention in international holiday resorts, where young people can take the greatest risks with their health. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 1033 British holidaymakers aged [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. Surveys covered frequency of alcohol and drug use at home and abroad, and drunkenness, sexual activity and experience of a range of negative experiences on holiday.…”

Potential of city break clubbing tourism in Wrocław

“…Despite a large role clubbing plays in the current city break tourism, the authors of papers about clubbing in Europe are focused mainly on the analysis of negative factors accompanying the participants of this type of leisure, such as alcohol and drug consumption (Bellis et al, 2003;Hughes et al, 2008;Calafat et al, 2008;Jarvinen, Ravn, 2011;Van Havere et al, 2011;Williams et al, 2010), while in the tourism geography such information is vague or completely ignored. Two of the cases of clubbing analysis in geographical aspects are included in the paper by Sonmez et al (2013), who present the mapping of clubbing facilities in the resort of Ayia Napa in Cyprus, and an article about selected aspects of foreign clubbing tourism in Tricity in Poland (Iwanicki, Dłużewska, 2014).…”