There are fears that Amsterdam's latest bid to discourage young British men from heading to the city for weekends of booze, drugs and sex could in fact have the opposite effect.
According to research, British men between the ages of 18 and 35 and Dutchmen around the same age tend to cause the most trouble in Amsterdam’s red-light district, making the lives of locals miserable with stag parties, pub crawls, and all-night binges on alcohol and drugs
Amsterdam outlined plans to tackle anti-social and disruptive behaviour in arriving Britons hoping for a cheap party or stag-do by flashing up adverts advising holiday-goers to stay away .