Prague city councillors have banned night-time pub crawls organised by travel companies because the city wants to target “more cultured” tourists.
The Czech capital, with 1,3 million people, has long been a popular destination for noisy stag parties and pub crawls, largely by British tourists.
Prague Deputy Mayor Zdenek Hrib says that organised night-time pub crawls would now be banned.
“It will not be possible to have guided tours between 22h00 and 06h00,” he added.
Another Deputy Mayor, Jiri Pospisil said Prague authorities were “seeking a more cultured, wealthier tourist … not one who comes for a short time only to get drunk”.
Vaclav Starek, Head of the Czech Association of Hotels and Restaurants, hailed the city’s decision.
“Trips to the centre in search of beer have been a problem for local people and for other tourists too,” he told AFP. “I don’t think this will hurt our sales. Nobody will be banned from going to a pub, but these nightly organised pub crawls … are nothing we would need.”
