Greek holiday party resort welcomes boozy Brits – as mayor tells UK tourists to ‘come and party and drink’

NOT all European holiday spots are turning their backs on boozy Brits -with one Greek resort calling on partygoers to "come, party and drink".

Laganas - situated on the island of Zante and famous for its stag-dos and bar strip - is welcoming holidaymakers with open arms.

Laganas deputy mayor Charalambos Varvarigos told Sun Online Travel that the resort was already drawing the younger 18-30 crowd, with around 80 percent of bars along the strip open and doing a roaring trade. 

He said: "Never mind that they like to drink and have fun and get drunk ... that is what holidays are for.

"Young Brits who aren’t afraid, who don’t care so much about the hygiene protocols and all that stuff, have come and are out every night.   

"Older people are staying away. It’s clear they’re more frightened.” 

On Greek islands that depend heavily on UK tour operators, certain areas like Laganas are buzzing, despite Greece seeing a rise in coronavirus cases.

Around 60 percent of hotels in the famous party resort have opened and are hosting Brits. 

Mr Varvarigos told us “We love the Brits. Generations here have grown up with them and some of our best friendships are with people in the UK.

“We want them here. We’re really looking forward to them coming and we’re now hoping tour operators that have had to cancel flights to Spain will see Greece as the alternative.”  

Just this week, TUI added extra flights to Zante this weekend after scrapping flights to the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands.

They have added seven new flights this weekend to Crete, Rhodes, Zante and Corfu in Greece.