0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains strong language.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Every year, millions of young Brits head abroad to party.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10So I'm travelling to some of our most notorious holiday
0:00:10 > 0:00:14destinations to find out what really happens when the sun goes down.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16# Come on! #
0:00:16 > 0:00:21It's quite deep, actually. It's quite a lot of blood.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Tonight, I'm in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria...
0:00:23 > 0:00:27- THEY CHANT # Sunny, Sunny, Sunny- BLEEP- Beach! #
0:00:27 > 0:00:30..where the cheap hotels and even cheaper booze
0:00:30 > 0:00:34means this resort is fast overtaking Kavos and Magaluf
0:00:34 > 0:00:37as Europe's most explosive party paradise.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41- HE SHOUTS We're going to get- BLEEP- tonight!
0:00:41 > 0:00:45But how much do we really know about this new holiday hotspot?
0:00:45 > 0:00:48THEY CHANT Down it! Down it! Down it!
0:00:48 > 0:00:52What are the consequences of 24-hour binge drinking?
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I swung the chair at you because someone pushed me.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- I am going to- BLEEP- swing at anyone. I don't care how big they are.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02What else is on offer here to tourists?
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Drugs, over-the-counter, as many times as you like.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09And what's life really like for the thousands of locals
0:01:09 > 0:01:10who have to pick up the pieces?
0:01:10 > 0:01:13This is the result of Sunny Beach.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Everybody come, pees over here, pees on my ice cream.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18- When they're drunk?- Yes.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Everybody's drunk here. Everybody.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25The whole atmosphere has just got a bit ridiculous.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27There are people having sex in the pool.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- THEY SHOUT OVER HER - It's insane! It's crazy!
0:01:33 > 0:01:35# Come on! #
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Sunny Beach is situated on Bulgaria's eastern coast,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42next to Turkey.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Just over a three-hour flight from the UK.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Super sunny, massively hot.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I can't wait to go and see Sunny Beach.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Wish me luck - I'm going to need it!
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Stretching over five miles of Bulgaria's Black Sea coast,
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Sunny Beach is a purpose-built resort, with over 200 hotels
0:02:09 > 0:02:12and over half a million visitors a year.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Visually, it's massively different to what I was expecting.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18It's very similar to a typical Mediterranean destination, I guess.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21And I think when you think of Eastern Europe, Bulgaria,
0:02:21 > 0:02:23with it being one of the poorer countries in the EU,
0:02:23 > 0:02:27you imagine it to be quite desolate and quite grey and industrial.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30But it's not like that at all. It's beautiful.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35But this summer, Sunny Beach began making tabloid headlines
0:02:35 > 0:02:39as a rival to Magaluf for out-of-control binge drinking.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41So I'm keen to find out why.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47So today, I have come to have a play on the beach,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49and it's absolutely heaving.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51I've got to be honest, it's so, so busy.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52I've come here to find out why
0:02:52 > 0:02:54this is the new contender for the 18-30s market.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57I'm going to speak to people who've come here to holiday,
0:02:57 > 0:02:58see what it's all about,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00but also, speak to people that are working here,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02grafting behind the scenes and looking after us.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- How are you?- Afternoon! - Afternoon! Very civilised!
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Why have you come to Bulgaria?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- It's cheap. - Yeah, I would say it was cheap.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- How much did you pay for that beer? - Er, 2.50, which is about £1.25.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19It's insane. That's SO cheap, isn't it?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21There's a bar we saw up there, an offer,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- 10 tequila shots for 10 levs, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26How much do you reckon you'll spend on this holiday?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I reckon I'll be all right with £400 over here.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31When I go to Ibiza, I take £1,500, and I spend all that in a week.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34You seem quite compos mentis. You're not that boozed. You seem OK.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Yeah, we're good drinking, that's what it is.- Practice?!- Pros!
0:03:39 > 0:03:42With an exchange rate of around two Bulgarian levs to the pound,
0:03:42 > 0:03:46it's obvious why it cash-strapped young Brits are flocking here.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49How much have you had to drink today? How come you're so boozed?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52A couple of tequilas, a couple of vodkas, a couple of beers.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- How long have we been out?- Two hours.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Is it because it is so cheap here that you're drinking more?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Yeah, yeah. It's cheap as- BLEEP.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Although this cheap booze in Sunny Beach is a major draw,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09it's the organised bar crawls I hear most about,
0:04:09 > 0:04:13as being bigger and wilder than in other resorts.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15So tonight, I'm going to tag along.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17I'm going to get involved in one,
0:04:17 > 0:04:18and see for myself what all the fuss is about.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22- Hello!- Hello!- I'm Stacey.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- Hello, Stacey.- Are you...? - I'm Ashley.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Ashley, lovely to meet you,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- and thanks ever so much for having me tonight.- No problem.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31So, talk me through very briefly what the plan is.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Every bar that we go to, we do things like champagne races,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36drinking competitions.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37We've got non-stop drinking,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- we've got entertainment, all that jazz?- Yeah.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- And that's starting now?- Yes.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- So I'm all right to jump in? - Yes, come on, then.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- We'll give you free drinks, no problem.- Thank you.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Over 400 partygoers have paid the equivalent of £6 each
0:04:49 > 0:04:51to join the crawl tonight.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Anybody from England?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55THEY CHEER
0:04:56 > 0:04:59First, the staff rev up the crowd.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Everybody put your hands in the air like this. The other arm like this.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Jump around like this, scream and shouting,
0:05:05 > 0:05:06- # Let's go- BLEEP- mental! #
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- THEY SING BACK - # Let's go- BLEEP- mental!
0:05:09 > 0:05:10# Da-da-da-da, hey!
0:05:10 > 0:05:12# Da-da-da-da, hey! #
0:05:12 > 0:05:15And then, the drinking games begin.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Three, two, one, go!
0:05:17 > 0:05:19THEY SCREAM
0:05:26 > 0:05:29After 40 minutes, we are swept along to the next venue.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Thank you.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39So we've left where we initially started, and this is the first bar.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Oh!
0:05:41 > 0:05:42As well as a free shot on entrance,
0:05:42 > 0:05:46the reps constantly remind the revellers of the cheap drink offers.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56A drink with a quadruple shot of alcohol is just £2.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04With only an hour at each venue,
0:06:04 > 0:06:09the crowds are encouraged to drink as much as they possibly can.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12They're already half-cut, and the night is still so young.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14And because the drink here is so cheap,
0:06:14 > 0:06:18it's so tempting to just completely lose your mind.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21CHANTING AND SINGING
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Bar crawls are big business here.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Numerous companies run events at the same time,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28and the intense competition means
0:06:28 > 0:06:31they are constantly trying to outdo each other
0:06:31 > 0:06:32with better booze deals.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36With each crawl hitting at least five bars and a club,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40I want to see the state of the punters by the end,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43so I'm joining a different crawl on its final stop.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45So right now, I'm outside an empty bar.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Around the corner, you can almost hear, like...
0:06:48 > 0:06:53a HERD of hundreds of bodies heading towards this bar.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55HE SHOUTS All right, everyone,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58come up here right now, and let's get close and personal!
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- THEY CHANT - # Sunny, Sunny, Sunny fucking Beach!
0:07:02 > 0:07:06# Sunny, Sunny Sunny fucking Beach! #
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- HE SHOUTS We're going to get- BLEEP- tonight!
0:07:10 > 0:07:12THEY CHEER BACK
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Many have been drinking for more than eight hours,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20including this group of 18-year-old girls
0:07:20 > 0:07:23on their first holiday together.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26God, I think I'm going to be sick if I have this one.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I'll be fine.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- How many tequilas do you reckon you've had tonight?- That's my 17th.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Shut up!- I've been counting.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Are you serious? 17?!
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I'm fine.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41You're only 18, and you've had 17 tequilas!
0:07:41 > 0:07:43With it being so cheap, does that just mean you drink more
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- and more and more and more?- Yeah.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47If it was more expensive, do you think you would drink less?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I don't think I would go for tequila. Like, I don't like tequila.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53But only because it's cheap, I'm like, tequila, tequila, tequila.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- It's like an incentive?- Yeah.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Because it's cheap, we just can't not come here.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I've seen tonight just how much
0:08:00 > 0:08:02the bar crawls dominate the nightlife here.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07For sure, they've created this hedonistic, crazy,
0:08:07 > 0:08:11party atmosphere, but equally, I've gone on to learn just how
0:08:11 > 0:08:14much alcohol some of us are consuming, and it's outrageous.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17It goes without saying that, inevitably,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20when you're drinking that much, that quickly,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23all guns blazing, there's going to be consequences.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Brits seem to love the bar crawls here,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32but do the bar workers who have to host them think?
0:08:32 > 0:08:33I'm going to go and do a stint
0:08:33 > 0:08:35with a girl who works in one of the beach bars
0:08:35 > 0:08:36- she's Bulgarian, Dejana -
0:08:36 > 0:08:40and hear what it's like for her to work in such a crazy environment.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- Hello! Dejana?- Yes.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Hello, I'm Stacey. - Hello, nice to meet you.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- Really, really nice to meet you. How are you?- Very well.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- Good!- Working, and busy all the time.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53That's good news, though, that's what you want!
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Who are you expecting in tonight?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Have you got any bar crawls or parties?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Yeah, usually today, we have only bar crawls. We have five bar crawls.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04One by one, they come in, it's full, 200 people...
0:09:04 > 0:09:07the party is...big!
0:09:07 > 0:09:12And these bar crawls are unique to Sunny Beach,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14in the sense that they are constant.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19There is always more than one bar crawl. How do they work?
0:09:19 > 0:09:24We have our special offers. In every bar crawl, we have offers.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28One, get one free, and special happy hour on five cocktails.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32But everybody loves the Sex On The Beach!
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Making the bar crawl list
0:09:35 > 0:09:38is essential to a bar's survival in Sunny Beach.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41If you don't make the cut, you may end up an empty bar.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Dejana has to pull out all the stops to draw in the crowds
0:09:46 > 0:09:50and make them part with their cash and keep them coming back for more.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51Enjoy the party!
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Oh, Dejana! Look at her go!
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- So bar crawls are SO popular here. - Very popular.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00They are a massive part of the Sunny Beach.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02If you can put your bar in the bar crawl list,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05you are one of the famous bars here.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09So you're saying, the bar crawls are quite powerful, in a sense that
0:10:09 > 0:10:13they have all the tourists and they can decide where they go?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Yeah, every day, every tourist is on some bar crawl.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20So it's important that you have the bar crawls onside,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23because then the bar crawls will bring all the tourists to your bar?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- Yeah.- OK, and how does it work?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Do they pay you, or do you pay them?
0:10:28 > 0:10:30We pay them.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Once upon a time, they paid to us. Now, we pay to them.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36It's amazing, but that's the life.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Because she has to pay out to be on the bar crawl,
0:10:39 > 0:10:41managers like Dejana are under pressure
0:10:41 > 0:10:43to sell as many drinks as they can
0:10:43 > 0:10:46before the crawl moves on to the next stop.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50How many Sex On The Beaches will you serve on a busy night, typically?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Oh, more than 100.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- More than 100?- Mmm-hmm.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59One of my favourite bar crawls is the English bar crawls,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02because they are very fun, they drink a lot.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04They order our four-litre, big glass,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07and they order it all the time, this glass.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09So you do a drink...
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- Yeah, four litres. - ..which is four litres?
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- And our big straw!- My God!
0:11:17 > 0:11:20So it's pretty standard for you to serve drinks of this size?
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Yeah, everybody loves this. Yeah, of course.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24This is what I put my flowers in at home!
0:11:24 > 0:11:27I've got a vase at home similar to this,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30so it has loads of flowers in it. I'd never have a drink out of it!
0:11:30 > 0:11:32I'd be off me swingers! I'd be in hospital!
0:11:35 > 0:11:36With so much money to be made,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40is no surprise bar crawls are now happening in the day too.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43So I want to see if things are just as crazy as they are night.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Hello, how do you do? I'm Stacey. - Hello, Stacey. I'm Spence.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- How are you doing?- Spence, you work with the bar crawls.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Talk me through what's going on this afternoon.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57This afternoon, we've got staff for a foam party here for one hour,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59while we're waiting for all the customer to come along.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00Sort of get everyone together.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04And then we're going to take the coaches up to the Palma Hotel, just down the road,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and then we'll go to a pool party with a three-hour free bar.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Perfect! Well, I'm going to come on this bar crawl, no?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Yeah, of course you can. Help yourself.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- OK, here she goes.- Are you ready?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- Let's get you a drink! - As ready as I'll ever be!
0:12:17 > 0:12:22This event offers unlimited booze for just £9.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:12:25 > 0:12:28THEY CHANT # Sunny, Sunny, Sunny fucking Beach!
0:12:28 > 0:12:31# Sunny, Sunny Sunny fucking Beach! #
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Staff are employed to escort the group to the next venue,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37and bar crawl reps Cookie and Scott
0:12:37 > 0:12:40keep them entertained every step of the way.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43So they're in charge of looking after this massive crowd of people.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45I wouldn't trust them to take the rubbish out!
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- SHE LAUGHS - It's nuts. Utterly nuts!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Hey!
0:12:53 > 0:12:56And it's on the overcrowded coach to the next venue
0:12:56 > 0:12:59that I begin to question if anyone is actually in charge.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02THEY CHANT Down it! Down it! Down it! Down it!
0:13:02 > 0:13:04THEY CHEER
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Topless chicks?
0:13:14 > 0:13:17OK, whoever gets their tits out gets a fucking free bar crawl.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19THEY SCREAM
0:13:19 > 0:13:21THEY CHANT AND CHEER
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Fucking fried eggs!
0:13:26 > 0:13:28LAUGHTER
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Cookie, is this a standard day for you?- Yeah.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32- This is your job?- Yeah.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- All day, every day? - All day, every day.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Same shit, different day.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37HE CHANTS Same shit, different day!
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- THEY JOIN IN - Same shit, different day!
0:13:39 > 0:13:42THEY SHOUT AND CHANT
0:13:46 > 0:13:49I've just got off the world's most dangerous coach journey.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51It was absolutely ram-packed.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54We're just waiting outside to get into the pool party now.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It's going to be three hours of free drinks,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58drink to your heart's content.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00One of the girls on the coach, she got her boobs out,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02and then everyone was slating her for her boobs,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05and I really felt for her, and I think she was a bit embarrassed.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06It was a massive audience.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08The two guys that are looking after this massive crowd,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11they are the craziest by a mile. They're completely nuts.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I'm just expecting more of the same.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Utter carnage.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17MUSIC: "Pass Out" by Tinie Tempah
0:14:23 > 0:14:25It's not just an open bar.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Everyone is encouraged to drink as much as they can.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37THEY CHEER
0:14:37 > 0:14:41THEY CHANT Down it! Down it! Down it! Down it!
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Getting your kit off seems to be standard on bar crawls.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52But considering it's the middle of the day, and a family hotel,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54I'm genuinely shocked by how far some are going.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- Were you having sex in the pool? - Yes.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- Did you use a condom?- No.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18What an idiot. What are you doing?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I didn't spunk or owt like that.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Yeah, but you don't know who she's had sex with.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24You don't want to get an STD.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Well, I can go home and I can sort that out then.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31The whole atmosphere has just got a bit ridiculous.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35There's people having sex in the pool. It's insane.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- THEY SHOUT AROUND HER - It's crazy.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39The atmosphere's really changed.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Down it! Go on!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Staying around the pool are dozens of families on holiday.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48I want to see what they make of this behaviour,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51so I'm heading inside to see who I can find.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56SHE KNOCKS ON DOOR
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Hello!- Hi!
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- I'm Stacey.- Hi!- Nice to meet you.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04- Can I come in?- Yes.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07The Stanicz family from the Czech Republic
0:16:07 > 0:16:08have travelled to Sunny Beach
0:16:08 > 0:16:11for what they thought would be a quiet family holiday.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14How do you find the party?
0:16:14 > 0:16:16This is...this is problem.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- It's a problem?- It's problem.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20The children are not having...
0:16:20 > 0:16:22not sleeping.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- The children are not sleeping? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Drinking alcohol, sex...
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- You can see them having sex in the pool?- Yeah, yeah.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- And the babies see?- Yeah.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38See you keep the babies in,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41so they don't see the...in the pool?
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Yeah.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Would you come back to Sunny Beach next time?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47No.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49DANCE MUSIC BLARES
0:16:49 > 0:16:54I think this is a really hard mix to get right.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Of course, young people need to come on holiday, let off steam,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58let their hair down.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00They work hard all year.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06But also, you've got to put into the equation
0:17:06 > 0:17:10the fact that families come here for a family holiday.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14And the reality is, there's a girl down there having rampant sex
0:17:14 > 0:17:19in the pool, and mum and dad have had to put the kids in the bathroom.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24Because obviously, you don't want your babies seeing that. So it's...
0:17:27 > 0:17:29..two very different scenes.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36After two hours of solid drinking, things are starting to get messy,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39and it seems some of the staff are in the same state.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42No, fuck off! I told you.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- No, Josh! Josh!- I told you...
0:17:46 > 0:17:50You've had too much to drink. Go home.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54I told you three times, I've broken my fucking foot, yeah?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57And you kept dancing, and you pushed me when I was walking away.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00I didn't know who it was. I grabbed the chair, and I swung.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I don't care who it is. No, I don't care.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04I swung the chair you,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06because you fucking hit my foot on the floor again.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09If someone pushes me, I'm going to fucking swing at anyone.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I don't care how big they are...
0:18:12 > 0:18:15But the disagreement between these two reps soon dies down,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17as another member of staff collapses.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- You have to get her home. - Yeah, I know.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Where are you staying? Tell me.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- No, please, don't be sad. - She's SO drunk.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29SHE SQUEALS
0:18:29 > 0:18:31So, shock horror, a couple of hours into the free bar,
0:18:31 > 0:18:33some people are bit worse for wear.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36One of the girls was worryingly drunk.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38She doesn't know where she is. She can't talk.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40She's a wreck. She works here.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43It definitely feels a bit less fun and carefree,
0:18:43 > 0:18:45and a bit more sinister.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Moments later, someone else passes out.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51This time, one of the holidaymakers.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53We need to get him out. Get him over there.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- No, look at me.- Here you are, love. Drink it. Swallow.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Drink, drink, drink.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- Drink, drink, drink.- You're going to have to swallow.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04The boy has been sick, and his friends say he's a diabetic,
0:19:04 > 0:19:05so an ambulance is called.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11After being assessed, he is rushed to hospital for treatment.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16SIRENS BLARE
0:19:21 > 0:19:23For me, I guess, stood here sober,
0:19:23 > 0:19:25I've just seen how rapid the deterioration is.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29You know, one minute, everyone's on top form, the beer's flowing,
0:19:29 > 0:19:33the sun's out, and the next, people are really in a real state.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35When you're in this kind of environment,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38where there's this massive pressure to keep up with everyone else,
0:19:38 > 0:19:40and there's a certain attitude
0:19:40 > 0:19:42towards people who don't drink enough,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45it's hard not to get caught up in that.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Three, four, five, six, seven, eight!
0:19:59 > 0:20:01I'm still taken aback at how quickly
0:20:01 > 0:20:04the pool party spiralled out of control.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Right now, I'm going to go and speak to one of the owners
0:20:06 > 0:20:09of the bar crawl that put on that event, and have a chat with him.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I'm just keen to hear what he thinks,
0:20:11 > 0:20:12what his take is on everything.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Hello.- How are you?- How are you? - Fine, nice to see you.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Lovely to see you.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Jelo Kochev has been running events in Sunny Beach
0:20:27 > 0:20:28for the last three years.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32The staff that work for Bar Troopers are supposed to be there
0:20:32 > 0:20:35to look after the tourists.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38How can they look after the tourists if one of them is in the pool,
0:20:38 > 0:20:42supposedly having sex, one of them is fighting, one of them
0:20:42 > 0:20:44is passed out on the floor?
0:20:44 > 0:20:47They're in no position to be able to make calls that need to be
0:20:47 > 0:20:50made if some of the tourists are in that state.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09It's difficult because you have to create this hedonistic vibe
0:21:09 > 0:21:15going on but 300, 400 tourists is a massive responsibility
0:21:15 > 0:21:19and if someone is encouraged to binge drink,
0:21:19 > 0:21:21accidents are going to happen.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32And do you worry that some people are drinking themselves
0:21:32 > 0:21:35into oblivion and having to be put in the back of an ambulance?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37That's a step too far, surely?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I had a really frank chat with him.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09I think he was very open, very honest about the fact that
0:22:09 > 0:22:12things as they are now, are far from perfect.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Realistically, he wants to make changes
0:22:14 > 0:22:17because he totally acknowledges.
0:22:17 > 0:22:23But as things stand, potentially, so many accidents could happen.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33I want to spend a night with some of the medics who have to
0:22:33 > 0:22:37pick up the pieces when Brits end up worse for wear.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40I've seen for myself first-hand at the pool party, the kinds
0:22:40 > 0:22:43of incidents that can occur that require an ambulance, so tonight,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I'm going to spend some time with that specific ambulance team
0:22:46 > 0:22:48and try and find out a lot more about what it's like to
0:22:48 > 0:22:52work in Sunny Beach alongside tourists on a day-to-day basis.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Hello. Hi, I'm Stacey.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- I'm Jordan, nice to meet you.- Jordan, pleasure to meet you. Hello.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- Hello.- What's your name?- Doctor. - Doctor, lovely to meet you.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02I'm Stacey.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06I actually saw you come to help a young lad that was very, very sick.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08It was a difficult case.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13That guy, he was drinking hours. He'd been feeling sick
0:23:13 > 0:23:15and looked very bad.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20But now he's all right. Everything is OK.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25And this kind of thing, you know, people becoming massively
0:23:25 > 0:23:28intoxicated, is that pretty standard here?
0:23:39 > 0:23:45Is it ever slightly frustrating that so much of your time
0:23:45 > 0:23:52and effort is being taken up by alcohol-related cases?
0:23:52 > 0:23:53No, it's our job.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00Yeah, we're doing this all the time. We're here for this.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21It is quiet tonight.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Over the next two hours, we aren't called to a single case.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28The ambulance I'm in, is attached to a private medical clinic
0:24:28 > 0:24:32but there are at least 10 other private clinics also
0:24:32 > 0:24:36operating their own ambulances on the five-mile Sunny Beach stretch.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45- Another ambulance here. - Yeah, doing nothing.- Maybe waiting.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49All of them waiting. Everyone waiting.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54- Another ambulance.- Yeah, staying.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55- Another ambulance.- Yes.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02- Medical care. Another poster there. - Yes, you'll see a lot of them.
0:25:02 > 0:25:09Medical centre. 24 hours health centre, Sunny Beach.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12So there are so many ambulances based here in Sunny Beach.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Do you ever clash?
0:25:14 > 0:25:20The tourists, they've got not just the phone numbers of our hospital,
0:25:20 > 0:25:26when they start ringing, they are ringing to all emergency numbers
0:25:26 > 0:25:31and for five minutes, maybe two or three ambulances can go in one place.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- All ambulances come to the one place?- Yes.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39- How do they decide who takes the patient?- Whoever is going first.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Apart from one public hospital,
0:25:46 > 0:25:49all other medical centres serving Sunny Beach are private
0:25:49 > 0:25:53and charge either the patient or their insurance company.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57It's comforting to know that there is such wide access to health care
0:25:57 > 0:26:01for tourists, but I'm interested to know at what cost.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05So I speak to some of the Brits out here who've had medical treatment.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08I fell over, one beer bottle went flying,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11the other one split my hand open.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Tulley injured his hand after a night out drinking.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I got the stitches and that and bandaged up
0:26:18 > 0:26:22- and received 452 lev.- 452 lev? - Yeah. That's with insurance.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27- How much is that in English? - About £250.- For what?
0:26:27 > 0:26:31- A couple of butterfly stitches? - Yeah, literally, two stitches there.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- So you had insurance, fully covered. - I thought I had good insurance.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- £70 but obviously...- Not enough.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Tell me, before you came out here, are you familiar with
0:26:42 > 0:26:44the clinics and the ambulances and how they work?
0:26:44 > 0:26:47No, literally I just went for the closest one.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Nightclub worker, Andy, collapsed at a party
0:26:51 > 0:26:54and woke up in a private hospital.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59- They treated me for maybe four or five hours.- So you now owe money.
0:26:59 > 0:27:05- How much?- 1,300 euro.- 1,300 euros?
0:27:05 > 0:27:06But at the moment,
0:27:06 > 0:27:08I have no way of paying the private hospital down there.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Andy's treatment at the private clinic wasn't
0:27:11 > 0:27:13covered by his European health insurance card.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16This is only valid at state hospitals.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18When you go out and you get booze and get massively on it
0:27:18 > 0:27:21and you find yourself in a state needing a doctor,
0:27:21 > 0:27:25you went to the first person in uniform or the first person
0:27:25 > 0:27:28near a cross and all of the rest of it because you think,
0:27:28 > 0:27:29I need help, I need help. You panic.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31If you come over here and you get drunk
0:27:31 > 0:27:34and you fall asleep on the street or what have you, you're
0:27:34 > 0:27:36probably going to be screwed out of money if you need to go to hospital.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Without a doubt. I know this from experience.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43I've never heard of so many medical services
0:27:43 > 0:27:46competing for business in one holiday destination.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48I'm keen to go and have a chat with a doctor from another
0:27:48 > 0:27:51ambulance crew and try and get his take on things.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57- Hello, I'm Stacey, very nice to meet you.- Dr Petrov.- Dr Petrov.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Dr Petrov has worked in Sunny Beach for eight years.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03For tourists, there are so many medical centres,
0:28:03 > 0:28:07medical clinics and ambulances on tap if they need it.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10How would I know which organisation to go with?
0:28:10 > 0:28:14There is a big difference between the medical services around.
0:28:14 > 0:28:15Although there are so many,
0:28:15 > 0:28:19not all of them are acting in such a professional way.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24A lot of them don't work with the insurance companies
0:28:24 > 0:28:27and they don't accept the insurances.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31It's very often that the patient's need to pay unreasonable
0:28:31 > 0:28:36amount of money for a medical service that may be professional,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39but probably is not so expensive.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42So you're saying there are people that are using
0:28:42 > 0:28:46- this as a moneymaking machine almost?- There are such services.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Hopefully there are not so many, but there are.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53Private clinics are free to charge as much as they want for treatment,
0:28:53 > 0:28:57which means the total bill isn't always covered by insurance.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02They can also demand payment from the patient and leave them
0:29:02 > 0:29:05to try and claim it back.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08I think you know the paramedics I've spent time with, seem to
0:29:08 > 0:29:10genuinely love their job and I think they're in it
0:29:10 > 0:29:12because they want to help people.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15But you've got to also acknowledge the fact that it is a business.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16It's a lucrative business around here
0:29:16 > 0:29:19and a lot of these privatised organisations are charging
0:29:19 > 0:29:24seemingly extortionate amounts of money to treat the tourists.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33I'm keen to meet the hotel workers who cater to tourists
0:29:33 > 0:29:35after their night comes to an end.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42I'm here to spend some time with a guy called Mario.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44He manages this hotel that is popular with the Brits.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47I've seen what we're like on the strip, seen our behaviour
0:29:47 > 0:29:50on the beach, but I'm keen to have a chat with him.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I'm going to work alongside him and see what it's like
0:29:52 > 0:29:55to look after the British on a day-to-day basis.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Before I even get a chance to say hello,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Mario has an incident he has to deal with.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04So Mario, where are we going right now?
0:30:04 > 0:30:07We're going to show you something that wasn't there last night.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11This is something that usually happens inside the rooms,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13but this time it's outside of the room
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- and a little bit bigger than we expected.- OK.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22And this is the result of Sunny Beach.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- That's quite big, isn't it?- Yeah. - That's ridiculous.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28So you think someone's put their fist through that?
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- Or their whole body. - Or their whole body.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33How often are you finding holes in your walls?
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Like, every check-out day. Every Monday and every Friday.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- So twice a week.- Yeah.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41And the doors as well. Let me...
0:30:41 > 0:30:44This is a small one, and it has been already repaired,
0:30:44 > 0:30:48but usually it's somewhere here, and it has been made with a kick.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Trying to get into the door cos they haven't got the key.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53They have got the key but they just can't unlock the door.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56It's not very complicated, they're just too drunk to do it.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59'In fact, there are so many drunken incidents at the hotel,
0:30:59 > 0:31:04'Mario shows me a list of fines they've made to act as a deterrent.'
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Everything here has already happened.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10- Running naked is number one.- Yeah. - Is that pretty standard here?
0:31:10 > 0:31:14It used to be, before we enter the charge "running naked".
0:31:14 > 0:31:19- And particularly British, I'm that the British love...- Very fond of running naked around the place.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Throwing towels from the balcony.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26We had cases like, the whole couch is being out of the balcony.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- Are you serious?- Of course I am.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33I wouldn't joke with that because it's very dangerous actually. You can kill somebody.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37'Although sofa throwing is rare, Mario tells me urinating is not.'
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Two days ago, one of the rooms over there, we looked upstairs,
0:31:40 > 0:31:43a guy was pissing from the balcony.
0:31:44 > 0:31:50We asked him, "Why did you do that?" And he answered, "What am I supposed to do?"
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Go to the toilet, what's the matter with you?
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- Did you say "Go to the toilet"? - Apparently he didn't like it.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58But that must be really frustrating for you, because like you say...
0:31:58 > 0:32:01and I know they don't always behave like this at home
0:32:01 > 0:32:03so for them to come over here and think it's OK to just
0:32:03 > 0:32:07completely dismiss you, and disrespect your space...
0:32:07 > 0:32:09I think we are very badly representative that we're
0:32:09 > 0:32:15a country from the Third World, and sometimes they don't respect us a lot.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19And it's sad, it's not a very nice thing to communicate with
0:32:19 > 0:32:23somebody that completely ignores you and disrespects you.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27'We end our chat there, as Mario needs to deal with the day's fines.'
0:32:27 > 0:32:31They're just paying a fine now, they've just got it together.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35- Boys, you're checking out now.- Yeah. - Have you had any fines so far?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Yeah, he got fined 50 levs for...
0:32:37 > 0:32:42- Weeing.- Where were you weeing? - Just...- Outside the hotel.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Could you not hold it, you couldn't make it to the room?
0:32:44 > 0:32:47No, I... I don't really know!
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Why would you take a piss
0:32:50 > 0:32:53somewhere else than in a toilet?
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Drunk.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- So now you understand why we have to...- Yeah, yeah.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03We just want to prevent that thing to happen, because we have kids here,
0:33:03 > 0:33:08we have families here, and it's not very appropriate to see you weeing.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12'Just after hearing about this bad behaviour from British tourists,
0:33:12 > 0:33:15'Mario receives a call from the hotel's tour operators.'
0:33:15 > 0:33:18HE SPEAKS BULGARIAN
0:33:20 > 0:33:22'And we're told to stop filming.'
0:33:25 > 0:33:30You're not going to believe it, I've been asked to stop filming, I've been asked to leave.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33We had full consent from the hotel to film on their premises,
0:33:33 > 0:33:37but the British tour operator who send all the clients here
0:33:37 > 0:33:39have said that we're not allowed to film, they're embarrassed
0:33:39 > 0:33:44about what we're filming, they don't want it to look bad on them - so they've pulled the whole thing.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46I mean, I understand to an extent why they don't want us
0:33:46 > 0:33:52to show what's going on, because there's certain things that Mario was saying
0:33:52 > 0:33:58that are just...not, you know - really, really outrageous behaviour.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01The idea that they're treating these people like
0:34:01 > 0:34:05they're Third World citizens and completely dismissing everything they say,
0:34:05 > 0:34:10they're throwing sofas of their balcony, pissing everywhere...
0:34:10 > 0:34:13It's not something that the British tour operator wants to show.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17'I'm beginning to realise there's a darker side to Sunny Beach,
0:34:17 > 0:34:19'and back on the strip it's clear to see.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27'In between the souvenir shops and supermarkets
0:34:27 > 0:34:29'are more sex shops than I've ever seen in a family resort.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38'I catch up with some tourists on the strip to see what they make of it.'
0:34:39 > 0:34:42Hello! What's your name?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44- Sarah.- I'm Kel.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- I'm Stacey.- How you going, Stacey?
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- Nice to meet you both. - Lovely to meet you. How you going?
0:34:48 > 0:34:54I'm good. Listen, tonight I'm having a nose at the sex shops. Tell me what you know about them.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57OK. Well, you can get whatever you want in the sex shops...
0:34:57 > 0:35:03'And I soon realise he doesn't just mean sex toys and DVDs, but illegal drugs.'
0:35:03 > 0:35:07You can get MCAT, you can get speed...
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Magic is just like another amphetamine that you can take,
0:35:10 > 0:35:14but it's completely illegal back home.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18So you go in the sex shop, and you just quite ask quite blatantly...
0:35:18 > 0:35:22Blatantly "I'm after speed" or "I'm after MCAT" which is an amphetamine.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26And it's...every sex shop, some sex shops...?
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Every sex shop. Every sex shop, you'll get it.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33'Surprised at what I've heard, I see if other tourists have found the same thing.'
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Anything you want, you get from there. Anything.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- What do you mean? - Like cocaine, Mandy...
0:35:38 > 0:35:40If you want that they've got it for you.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42There's this other pill called magic...
0:35:42 > 0:35:45So you're saying that you can go into numerous sex shops here,
0:35:45 > 0:35:50- and they'll offer you certain drugs - coke, Mandy, magic...- Yeah.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Basically I've been told by numerous people
0:35:53 > 0:35:56that some of the sex shops out here are selling drugs to tourists,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59they're readily available, so I'm keen to go into a couple of them myself
0:35:59 > 0:36:01and find out what's really on offer.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10'The first shop I enter sells all the usual sex paraphernalia,
0:36:10 > 0:36:14'and the strongest things I'm offered are poppers, herbal Viagra
0:36:14 > 0:36:15'and caffeine tablets.'
0:36:15 > 0:36:18And everything here's all legal?
0:36:33 > 0:36:36But some people DO sell illegal...
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Thanks again. Take care.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49He did acknowledge that other sex shops in the area perhaps
0:36:49 > 0:36:52weren't all on the same page as him, so I'm keen to go
0:36:52 > 0:36:56and see them for myself, and find out what is on offer elsewhere.
0:36:56 > 0:37:01'I want to know if the sex shops are selling drugs to tourists.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04'They won't sell me anything illegal if we're filming,
0:37:04 > 0:37:06'so I'm going in alone.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12'After 20 minutes, I find what I'm looking for.'
0:37:12 > 0:37:15So I've just come out of that particular sex shop
0:37:15 > 0:37:20and I guess what has become apparent fairly quickly is that I could have bought
0:37:20 > 0:37:23an array of things from them, one of them being magic.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26'Magic is a street name for mephedrone,
0:37:26 > 0:37:28'a stimulant that's similar to amphetamine
0:37:28 > 0:37:31'and is illegal in Bulgaria and the rest of the EU.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38'In the last two years, it's been linked to over 100 deaths in the UK alone.'
0:37:38 > 0:37:40She said that one packet was 50 lev,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43and that would look after two or three people.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45The guy then told me that it was stronger than speed,
0:37:45 > 0:37:49and it kept him up for a couple of days when he did it.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52It's a worrying thought that so many British tourists and tourists generally
0:37:52 > 0:37:55are able to go into a sex shop, buy magic,
0:37:55 > 0:37:59and take something that they know very little about. It's a dangerous drug.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04'A man hanging round in the shop also said he could get me
0:38:04 > 0:38:07'anything I wanted, from cannabis to cocaine.'
0:38:07 > 0:38:10When I asked about the legalities, he said don't worry,
0:38:10 > 0:38:12because you're British, you're a tourist,
0:38:12 > 0:38:15the police will leave you to it, they won't search you.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18It's a scary thought that if you go looking for it,
0:38:18 > 0:38:21seemingly you'll find it quite easily here.
0:38:32 > 0:38:37'It's unnerving to think how easily accessible drugs are here in Sunny Beach.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42'And I'm surprised that I was told I didn't need to worry about the police as I'm a tourist.
0:38:42 > 0:38:49'I was told by Bulgarian police that they don't tolerate any criminal activity, regardless of nationality,
0:38:49 > 0:38:54'but so far this year, no British person had been arrested for possession of drugs in Sunny Beach.'
0:38:56 > 0:39:03'Keen to see the police in action, I'm joining two Sunny Beach officers on their shift.'
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Do you have much interaction with the tourists?
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Describe to me their behaviour,
0:39:23 > 0:39:27when they're drunk or when they're mixing the drink with the drugs.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- No control.- Yes, without control.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43'It's a busy night on the strip, and the drunk tourists are out in force.'
0:39:43 > 0:39:47DRUNKEN SHOUTING: When in Rome...!
0:39:49 > 0:39:52'As we walk down the strip, to my right I spot an incident
0:39:52 > 0:39:54'between an ice cream seller and two tourists.'
0:39:55 > 0:39:58What happened? I saw him push someone.
0:39:58 > 0:40:03He came over, very drunk, to take money, I don't know what...
0:40:05 > 0:40:10I said, stop, stop, stop. Everything falls down. Money...
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Is it difficult to work on the strip when everyone's so drunk?
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Very difficult. They can't stop drinking.
0:40:17 > 0:40:22Everybody come piss over here, I have ice cream, they piss on my ice cream...
0:40:22 > 0:40:23When they're drunk?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Everybody is drunk here. Everybody.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30Only who are working is not drunk. And the police of course.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33They have to stop this alcohol.
0:40:33 > 0:40:3712 o'clock in the evening, stop, and that's it.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Six o'clock in the morning, there is people sleeping over there,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44and they are singing like they're in a football game.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46In a stadium. Not on the street.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- Nice to meet you.- Thank you very much. Please do something for us.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- It's not my job! - I know it's not your job, but please you can help us.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00When it comes to the law, is everybody the same,
0:41:00 > 0:41:03or do you make exceptions for tourists?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08'Despite the strip being incredibly busy with tourists this evening,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11'the police decide to stop a lone Bulgarian man.'
0:41:11 > 0:41:13What are you doing?
0:41:13 > 0:41:14Why him?
0:41:17 > 0:41:19But everybody is drunk here.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25My question is, he was walking very calmly down the street.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28He doesn't seem particularly drunk or intoxicated.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Why have you singled this man out
0:41:30 > 0:41:34as opposed to everybody else on the strip?
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Do you know why the police have stopped you?
0:41:45 > 0:41:47I don't know.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51You take care. Bye. Nice to meet you.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55'The man is free to go, and we continue patrolling by car.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00'Some of the main problems Sunny Beach police have to deal with
0:42:00 > 0:42:02'are pickpocketing and robbery.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06'And minutes later, they are flagged down by a local security guard.'
0:42:24 > 0:42:30- What was he saying? - His job is security here.
0:42:30 > 0:42:38He said that three, four, five Gypsies, they make problems.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42'This is the first time I've heard of Gypsies in Sunny Beach,
0:42:42 > 0:42:46'so I ask the officer to explain more.'
0:42:59 > 0:43:01How do you know this?
0:43:12 > 0:43:18You believe the majority of pickpocketers here in Sunny Beach
0:43:18 > 0:43:21are of Gypsy descent? Is that correct?
0:43:23 > 0:43:25And why do you think
0:43:25 > 0:43:28people from the Gypsy community
0:43:28 > 0:43:31are perhaps stealing?
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Are they...
0:43:38 > 0:43:42You think they choose to live like that?
0:43:54 > 0:43:55'I feel, personally,
0:43:55 > 0:43:59'like there's a bit of a two-tier'
0:43:59 > 0:44:00system going on here.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03I feel like you're allowed to run riot if you're a tourist,
0:44:03 > 0:44:08shout, scream, get drunk, do your thing, and nothing really happens.
0:44:08 > 0:44:09You can get a fine,
0:44:09 > 0:44:12but that's probably as far as it goes a lot of the time.
0:44:12 > 0:44:18But if you're a Bulgarian, some local Bulgarians, sounds like,
0:44:18 > 0:44:21get the brunt-end of the deal.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24After hearing what some of the police
0:44:24 > 0:44:26thought of the Gypsy community,
0:44:26 > 0:44:29I want to know if any Brits have experienced any problems,
0:44:29 > 0:44:30or what they've heard.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35'Rory has been working here for two months as a bar-crawl rep,
0:44:35 > 0:44:37'he tells me it's couples on the beach
0:44:37 > 0:44:40'who are most vulnerable to being robbed.'
0:44:40 > 0:44:42You can go down to the beach, with a nice lady.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45If all your clothes suddenly fall off....
0:44:45 > 0:44:47You all get naked, clothes are off.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50You're all in the sea, and then they've disappeared,
0:44:50 > 0:44:53because some Gypsy's just robbed your shorts.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56- And that's quite common? - Most of the time
0:44:56 > 0:44:58it is Gypsies who will rob you.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00But that's just how it is out here.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02And why do you think the Gypsies -
0:45:02 > 0:45:05if they are the ones doing the robbing - why do you think that is?
0:45:05 > 0:45:09To be honest, it's just an easy way of life, really.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11You know, you don't have to go out and work for your money,
0:45:11 > 0:45:13you can just go up and intimidate someone enough
0:45:13 > 0:45:15just for them to give you their money.
0:45:15 > 0:45:19'We head down to the beach to see who we can find.'
0:45:22 > 0:45:23'As we look around,
0:45:23 > 0:45:26'I don't see anyone who seems to be acting suspicious,
0:45:26 > 0:45:29'but we do spot a number of couples looking cosy.'
0:45:29 > 0:45:32I mean, the worrying thought, Rory, surely,
0:45:32 > 0:45:34is that there's so many people walking past
0:45:34 > 0:45:36and they're totally oblivious to the fact.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39They don't even know we're stood here with a camera and a massive light.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42So far they've been lucky, from the looks of it, it's just tourists,
0:45:42 > 0:45:47but if a Gypsy walks past... bag, clothes - gone.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49- And that's what tends to happen.- Yeah.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52If you're going to get lost in the moment, do it in your hotel room.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55I think that's their bag, Rory, no?
0:46:02 > 0:46:04Guys, your bits are here.
0:46:04 > 0:46:09- Don't lose them, love. - Yes, and... OK.
0:46:09 > 0:46:13- Don't lose this, darlin', cos you'll get robbed.- OK, thanks.
0:46:13 > 0:46:14'What Rory's saying'
0:46:14 > 0:46:16makes perfect sense.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19People come down here to have sex, to do whatever they want to do.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22So I'm not surprised that they're coming down here to do that,
0:46:22 > 0:46:26what I am surprised at is the idea that there are loads of people
0:46:26 > 0:46:30waiting to...effectively rob them, when they're down here.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33I didn't see anyone stealing tonight,
0:46:33 > 0:46:37and it's not clear who's responsible when it does happen,
0:46:37 > 0:46:39but some police and tourists think Gypsies are to blame.
0:46:44 > 0:46:49There are 700,000 Roma Gypsies living here in Bulgaria.
0:46:49 > 0:46:5284% of them live below the poverty line.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57So far everything I've heard regarding the Gypsies here
0:46:57 > 0:46:58has been derogatory.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00People have said they're a massive nuisance,
0:47:00 > 0:47:02they're thieves, they're always robbing.
0:47:02 > 0:47:06So I'm quite keen to try and find someone from that community myself,
0:47:06 > 0:47:10have a chat with them, and see what it's like for them living here.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14'We head to the outskirts of Sunny Beach,
0:47:14 > 0:47:18'a place tourists don't see on their holidays.'
0:47:18 > 0:47:20Here we are, here we are.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35How are you? I'm Stacey.
0:47:35 > 0:47:36So, can I ask, what's your name?
0:47:38 > 0:47:39You live around here?
0:47:39 > 0:47:41So, can I ask,
0:47:41 > 0:47:43what community are you guys from?
0:47:43 > 0:47:45TRANSLATION:
0:47:45 > 0:47:49And can I come and spend some time with you?
0:47:54 > 0:47:57Where are we going now?
0:47:59 > 0:48:02So, generally, are you constantly on the move?
0:48:21 > 0:48:23So this is your boy's bed?
0:48:27 > 0:48:28This is your bedroom?
0:48:28 > 0:48:34Tell me how you wash. You have a shower, you clean yourself nearby?
0:48:40 > 0:48:44And every single person that lives on this camp
0:48:44 > 0:48:46uses this one can as a shower.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53The reason I was so keen
0:48:53 > 0:48:56to come and listen to what your family had to say
0:48:56 > 0:48:59is because you almost have this reputation in Sunny Beach -
0:48:59 > 0:49:05all Gypsies rob, all Gypsies are thieves, all Gypsies are bad news.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07How does that make you feel?
0:49:22 > 0:49:24'They tell me that they do legitimate jobs
0:49:24 > 0:49:26'like woodcutting and fruit picking.'
0:49:26 > 0:49:30Is that the only way you get money? Are there other ways?
0:49:50 > 0:49:51Do any of you have the opportunity
0:49:51 > 0:49:56to work within the tourism industry that exists here?
0:50:08 > 0:50:11If someone said, "All right, I'm going to give you a go",
0:50:11 > 0:50:14how would that change your family's life?
0:50:31 > 0:50:35'Of course, the vast majority of time I've spent here in Sunny Beach
0:50:35 > 0:50:37'has been down the strip, near the beach,'
0:50:37 > 0:50:41with the tourists, it's lights, action, fun,
0:50:41 > 0:50:43music, drink, all that jazz.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47You only have to walk a few minutes down the road
0:50:47 > 0:50:49to stumble across...
0:50:49 > 0:50:51this kind of scene.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53You know, poverty exists everywhere,
0:50:53 > 0:50:55but this is extreme poverty.
0:50:55 > 0:50:59It's nice to think that some people are able to benefit from tourism
0:50:59 > 0:51:03and they're getting decent jobs, they're able to feed their kids.
0:51:03 > 0:51:07For me, it's just massively unfortunate that some locals,
0:51:07 > 0:51:09some Bulgarians, like these people,
0:51:09 > 0:51:12like people associated with the Gypsy community,
0:51:12 > 0:51:14will never be given the option or the chance
0:51:14 > 0:51:16to also benefit from Sunny Beach.
0:51:18 > 0:51:23I think very few tourists will ever, ever be made aware
0:51:23 > 0:51:26of...this kind of scene.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28It's a very different story.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47Having spent a fair amount of time here,
0:51:47 > 0:51:48I've obviously seen things
0:51:48 > 0:51:50that are problems that do need addressing.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53And so I've come to have a chat with the Mayor,
0:51:53 > 0:51:54he's one of the guys in charge.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57I'm keen to hear what his plans are to improve things in Sunny Beach.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02I'm here observing why so many tourists
0:52:02 > 0:52:06are coming to Sunny Beach.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08Tell me why you think it's so popular.
0:52:20 > 0:52:24I'm sure the architecture is fascinating here,
0:52:24 > 0:52:25but I'm almost certain
0:52:25 > 0:52:29that the vast majority of tourists that I've spoken to in Sunny Beach
0:52:29 > 0:52:30haven't come here for that.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32I think they've come here
0:52:32 > 0:52:35because the alcohol is so outrageously cheap
0:52:35 > 0:52:38and the rules are very lax.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42Do you appreciate that's a massive draw for lots of people?
0:52:59 > 0:53:02Surely it's in your interest
0:53:02 > 0:53:05to know what is going on in Sunny Beach.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07You're saying that everything is fine and dandy -
0:53:07 > 0:53:09everything is not fine and dandy in Sunny Beach.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12But I'll tell you what I've witnessed over the past few weeks.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14Excessive drinking.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18It's very easy to buy drugs here in Sunny Beach,
0:53:18 > 0:53:21there's robberies on the beach. The list could go on and on and on.
0:53:21 > 0:53:25I'm really surprised that you're not aware of these issues
0:53:25 > 0:53:27if you're the Mayor of that particular area.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47Just so I'm completely clear,
0:53:47 > 0:53:50you're saying you're not particularly interested
0:53:50 > 0:53:55in managing the current tourism that exists here.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58So you don't necessarily want people coming here, drinking, taking drugs,
0:53:58 > 0:54:03you want them to come to look at the heritage and the architecture?
0:54:14 > 0:54:16I'm surprised that you feel offended
0:54:16 > 0:54:19that I'm trying to discuss the bad things,
0:54:19 > 0:54:21because I thought, "I'll go to the Mayor
0:54:21 > 0:54:22"and see what he thinks."
0:54:35 > 0:54:38Thank you. Thank you very much.
0:54:38 > 0:54:39Nice to meet you.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43SHE SIGHS
0:54:44 > 0:54:46Ridiculously frustrating.
0:54:46 > 0:54:47Him and I were just going
0:54:47 > 0:54:50round and round in circles at one point, you know.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52Understandably he wanted to focus
0:54:52 > 0:54:55on the beautiful, historical part of his region.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57He almost didn't even want to entertain the fact
0:54:57 > 0:55:00that there were problems that existed in Sunny Beach.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02He started asking me what the problems were, and he's the Mayor.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05It's...
0:55:05 > 0:55:08outrageous to think that somebody in that position
0:55:08 > 0:55:11is seemingly so out of touch with what goes on.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16The Mayor may want tourists to come here for the culture,
0:55:16 > 0:55:19but with more high-rise hotels going up all over Sunny Beach,
0:55:19 > 0:55:22it looks to me like it'll be the bars and clubs
0:55:22 > 0:55:23that'll be getting busier.
0:55:23 > 0:55:27And unless they curb the binge-drinking and bar-crawling,
0:55:27 > 0:55:30I can't see this place changing any time soon.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32I think it's worth bearing in mind
0:55:32 > 0:55:35that Bulgaria is one of the poorest countries in the EU,
0:55:35 > 0:55:40so of course any tourism, any serious money
0:55:40 > 0:55:43flocking into a certain area is a really positive thing.
0:55:43 > 0:55:48But the cheapness of the drink here is both a blessing and a curse.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51You know, on the one hand, it adds to Sunny Beach's appeal,
0:55:51 > 0:55:55but on the other hand, for sure it's the main reason
0:55:55 > 0:56:00why so many negative things are happening here on the resort.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05'Next time I travel to top stag destination Prague,
0:56:05 > 0:56:09'to investigate what really goes on on a man's last night of freedom.'
0:56:09 > 0:56:12- Semen on the ceiling? - Semen on the ceiling, yes!
0:56:12 > 0:56:16'I get the low-down from the women who entertain British stag parties.'
0:56:16 > 0:56:19- He wants to eat me. - He wants to eat you? I bet he does!
0:56:19 > 0:56:21'And track down the criminals who prey on them.'
0:56:25 > 0:56:27They are like prey.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30Prey for the night creatures.
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