Give me the facts, please, not the myths(19)
One of the most delicate – and frustrating – issues that I have to deal with is that of British tourists coming to Riga. The received wisdom is during the tourist season the city is teeming with armies of vomiting and urinating British lager-louts. Hundreds of these – we are led to believe - end up behind bars or are subject to hefty fines to teach them a well-deserved lesson about to how to comport themselves properly overseas.