Ten Best Frozen Drinks in Disney World | the disney food blog

It?s getting hot out there, guys!

And sometimes, when it feels like it?s 100 degrees and you?re sweltering in line, you need more than a cold drink. You need a frozen drink!

Fortunately, there are lots of palate-pleasing options found in all corners of Disney World. And we?ve got great options whether you?d like to go alocholic or non-alcoholic! Refreshment is just a menu choice away?

Today, we?re taking a closer look at our very favorites!

Frozen Lemonade

Sweet-tart and chilly, Frozen Lemonade calls to mind seaside treats from our favorite resort towns. And there?s nothing like it for reviving you on a super hot, sticky Florida day.

The secret is in the balance. A too-sweet treat can leave you feeling not so great while you?re standing in the bright sun. That little kick of sour rounds out the flavors and makes the beverage a true refresher.

Raspberry Lemonade Slush at Magic Kingdom

If you?re a lover of frozen lemonade, I have great news for you: there are tons of different varieties to try around the parks and resorts! You could make your own personal frozen lemonade crawl. (Hey! That?s a great idea?)

One of our favorites is the Raspberry Lemonade Slush that you find at Magic Kingdom?s Cheshire Cafe, located on the outskirts of Fantasyland. You can find a similar drink across the castle hub at Sunshine Tree Terrace in Adventureland. And if you?re looking for frozen lemonade in Disney?s Hollywood Studios, you can find an awesome, slurpee-type version at Herbie?s Drive-In.

If you prefer your frozen lemonade with a little kick, one of our favorite adult versions is available at Animal Kingdom?s Dino Diner Snacks. The Frozen Bacardi Raspberry Rum Lemonade has been inspiring random cravings for me ever since I tried it.

Frozen Bacardi Raspberry Rum Lemonade at Animal Kingdom's Dino Diner

Check out other locations to score frozen lemonade slushes when you?re parched in the parks.

Dole Whip Float

Part beverage, part Dole Whip soft serve, this is one of Disney?s classic must-eat treats! The Dole Whip Float combines sweet-tart soft serve pineapple goodness with pineapple juice to provide one of the most refreshing icy drinks in the Kingdom.

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You CAN get this with vanilla or orange dole whip as well ? either choice will cut the tartness a bit. But I prefer pineapple-on-pineapple, myself! Find this great treat at Aloha Isle in Magic Kingdom?s Adventureland.

Ice Cream Martinis

Looking for a new entry on your Drinking Around the World card? THE newest frozen drink concoction in Disney World can be found ? where else? ? World Showcase!

Head to Epcot?s newest eatery, L?Artisan des Glaces in the France Pavilion for the beautiful and crave-inspiring Ice Cream Martini.

Ice Cream Martini from L'Artisan des Glaces in Epcot's France Pavilion

The drink-sundae fusion is made by combining two scoops of Housemade Ice Cream or Sorbet with a shot of Grand Marnier, Rum, or Whipped Cream-Flavored Vodka. It?s the perfect grown up ice cream indulgence!

Grey Goose and Grand Marnier Slushes

Another classic indulgence in the quest for frozen drink goodness ALSO comes to you courtesy of the France Pavilion in Epcot. This list would not be complete without a stop at the Vins de France kiosk for a Grown Up Slush, featuring premium French liquors.

You can choose from a tart lemon Grey Goose Slush, or take it one step sweeter with an orange Grand Marnier Slush.

Grand Marnier and Grey Goose Slushes in Epcot's France Pavilion

With a slushie consistency that will melt fast if you let it, this is the perfect way to cool off as you make your trip through the countries of World Showcase.

And since Epcot is Festival Central, there are also usually some fun Special Event Slushes during events too! If you happen to be in the World during the Epcot Food and Wine Festival in the fall or the Flower and Garden Festival in the spring, you may just happen upon some other delicious, limited-time options!

Due back at the 2013 Epcot Food and Wine Festival is the Eiffel Sour Cosmo Slush. It features Grey Goose Vodka, Grand Marnier Liqueur, and Cranberry Juice in a bright red concoction that is sure to grab attention as you stroll and sip.

Eiffel Sour Slush at Epcot's International Food and Wine Festival

Not to be outdone, the L?Orangerie Booth at Epcot?s 2013 International Flower and Garden Festival featured a gorgeous La Vie en Rose Slush made with Grey Goose and St. Germain liqueur, combined with White and Red Cranberry Juices.

La Vie en Rose Frozen Slush at Epcot

Whatever is available, you can be sure that there are some memorable options to add to the frozen drink list as you pass by the Eiffel Tower!

Milkshakes

You can?t talk frozen drinks without discussing the original that started it all ? Milkshakes!

While strolling around the park with a milkshake might not immediately leap to mind, there are some really delicious options for the creamy drink throughout the resort.

For milkshake lovers who can?t have just one, there?s no better place to be than Whispering Canyon Cafe at Disney?s Wilderness Lodge. Many things make this an awesome stop for breakfast, lunch or dinner, but one of the most delicious reasons to go there is their Bottomless Milkshake.

Bottomless Milkshake at Whispering Canyon Cafe

Yep, you read that right! Order your choice of Vanilla, Chocolate, or Strawberry, and your jelly jar glass will be replenished throughout your entire meal ? which means you don?t have to save room for dessert!

Many guests also clamor for the milkshakes at 50s Prime Time Cafe in Disney?s Hollywood Studios. And the favorite here, hands down, is the PB&J Milkshake.

PB and J Milkshake at 50s Prime Time

And if you really love that PB&J Milkshake, you can make it at home with our delicious recipe! And here?s a TIP: If you?re in the parks and don?t have time for an advance dining reservation, you can get it take-away from the Tune In Lounge!

If PB&J Shakes are a theme you?d like to expand on, there?s another fantastic version at The Fountain. Located a stone?s throw from both Epcot and Disney?s Hollywood Studios at the Swan and Dolphin Resort, this fun soda shop offers up a host of comfort food favorites. But the real reason to visit is the incredible dessert menu.

While my favorite is the Apple Pie Sundae, be sure to check out the gorgeous PB&J Milkshake here, too.

PB and J Milkshake at The Fountain

With lots of peanut butter flavor and ribbons of strawberry sauce, it?s a winner!

Another favorite fun spot for a frozen refresher is Beaches and Cream Soda Shop at Disney?s Beach Club Resort. While we normally head here for my favorite sundae ? the uber fabulous No Way Jose ? they also have some great shakes and malts. And one fun variation on the shake theme is the Frozen Sunshine.

Frozen Sunshine at Beaches and Cream

A cross between an ice cream soda and a milkshake, this slightly lighter option will leave you feeling refreshed and ready to hit the slide at Stormalong Bay!

Wheezy?s Breezy Freezy

When you want a frozen drink that?s as fun to say as it is to drink, head to Disney?s Hollywood Studios for a Wheezy?s Breezy Freezy.

You?ll find these chilly coolers at Hey Howdy Hey Takeaway (love LOVE that name!) in Pixar Place.

Wheezy's Breezy Freezy in Wild Cherry

The little kiosk has an assortment of standard Disney snack fare, but the real draw are the fun drinks.

Choose from Watermelon, Coke, Wild Cherry, or Lemonade (flavors may vary on your visit), and enjoy slurping away as you wait in line for your turn at Toy Story Mania!

Goofy?s Glaciers

For frozen drinks with lots of variety (you can even mix them!) you should try out Goofy?s Glaciers.

Head to Big Top Treats in Magic Kingdom?s New Fantasyland, or Goofy?s Candy Company in Downtown Disney for these brightly-colored beverages.

Goofy's Glacier Combo at Big Top Treats

Less icee and more slushie, they?re more liquidy than some slushes, which means you have a better drink to ice ratio?a very important detail.

And there?s no end to the fun flavors you?ll find! Goofy?s Glacier Apple, Pucker Purple, Rootin? Tootin? Red, Orange You Happy Orange, and my favorite, Gawrshly Berry Blue, mean you?ll be smiling as you order and when you drink!

Yak Attack

Time to take a look at another deelicious drink just for the grown ups.

One of my absolute favorite spots in all of Disney World is Asia in Disney?s Animal Kingdom. Maybe it?s the lush landscape, or the fact that Florida?s humidity really could make you think you?re in an exotic locale. But when I?m thirsty and ready to indulge in something extra delicious, I head to Anandapur Local Food Cafes, Yak and Yeti?s counter service spot.

Quality Beverages

There, around the corner from the main ordering area, you?ll find a quiet little drink counter, featuring some amazing ?Quality Beverages.? True enough! And my favorite is the Yak Attack.

Yak Attack from Anandapur Local Food Cafes in Disney's Animal Kingdom

Slightly odd name notwithstanding?this is pure amazing. Mango Puree, Light Rum, and a contrast of Wildberry work together to form a sweet and sour drink that I can?t resist. And it?s got more of a punch than you realize ? until you stand up!

You can also find this awesome frozen drink at Yak and Yeti Restaurant.

LeFou?s Brew

One cool new frozen drink to savor in Magic Kingdom is LeFou?s Brew at Gaston?s Tavern.

Gaston's Tavern -- Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland

This beautiful drink ? really, check out that picture! ? is the almost-dry park?s answer to ?brew?.

LeFou's Brew from Gaston's Tavern in Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland

Made from No-Sugar-Added Frozen Apple Juice with just a hint of Marshmallow Syrup, and topped with a Mango-Passionfruit Foam, guests either love it or hate it.

Many liken it to a liquid version of a caramel apple. And don?t fear: if you?re looking for LeFou?s Brew in Disneyland, head over to Disney California Adventure and order a Red?s Apple Freeze at the Cozy Cone Motel. It?s the exact same drink with a different theme!

Frozen Margaritas

When your tastes run to frozen drinks made with a helping of tequila, there are lots of great options for you. But when I?m in Epcot and I?m craving a margarita, I head to the Mexico Pavilion in Epcot?s World Showcase.

Mexico Pavilion

There, you?ll find the awesome frozen margaritas at La Cava del Tequila ? one of our favorite Disney watering holes. Choose from a variety of flavors and drink them at La Cava ? or get one to go.

Avocado Margarita in Epcot's Mexico

Also in Mexico you?ll find the ubiquitous Frozen Margarita at the Mexico Pavilion Margarita Stand. This is your typical mix that packs a punch!

Strawberry Frozen Margarita from Mexico's Margarita Stand

These aren?t gourmet by any stretch; but they are fruity and sweet, and strong! If you?re looking for a drink that you?ll feel as well as taste, this one?s a safe bet. And with options like Lime, Strawberry, and Mango (and usually some other interesting choices), you?re sure to find a variety you like.

But for a fun twist on a frozen margarita, check out one of my favorites at Disney, the Mangled Margarita. A swirled mix of Frozen Margarita and Frozen Sangria, this is a completely unique drink, and it?s great for sipping while sitting waterside at Downtown Disney.

Mangled Margarita at Paradiso 37

You?ll find this gorgeous drink at Paradiso 37, along with some of the best tapas and appetizers (Crazy Corn!) to go with it. With its Latin American-inspired menu, it?s one of my favorite places to grab drinks and apps in all of the resort.

Another must-try frozen margarita is the Triple Yeti Blast in Disney World?s Animal Kingdom. This one combines three great flavors ? strawberry, lime, and mango ? to form a triple threat!

Triple Yeti Blast

You?ll find this sweet-tart option at Upcountry Beverages, a tiny kiosk tucked into the brush between Asia and Africa in the Animal Kingdom. This spot also features the non-alcoholic-but-awesome Shangri La Berry Freeze!

What Are YOUR Favorite Icy Drinks in Disney World?

That about does it for our very favorite frozen drinks! Whew ? brain freeze! These coolers are the perfect way to beat the heat on a steamy Disney day! But I can?t wait to hear what you?ve found on your travels!

Now it?s your turn: tell us in the comments below what your not-to-be-missed frozen Disney drinks are!

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Source: http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2013/06/25/our-ten-favorite-frozen-drinks-in-disney-world/

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From Downton Abbey to your wine cellar - Montreal Gazette

MONTREAL - Why are there going to be Downton Abbey-branded wines? Because the world is full of suckers.

A big Bordeaux producer, Dulong Grands Vins, will make the stuff for Wines That Rock, a U.S. marketer. ?These are wines the Crawley family would have been proud to serve at Downton,? WTR co-owner Bill Zysblat told thedrinksbusiness.com, keeping a straight face all the while.

By coincidence, Paul Giamatti is about to join the Downton cast. You?ll recall that Giamatti made his name in the 2004 wine-centric movie Sideways.

Downton Abbey red and white wines are to be sold in the U.S. and Canada, although I won?t hold my breath until the SAQ lists it.

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In Dallas, a white suit once owned by Col. Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, has fetched $21,500 at an auction. The buyer was KFC Japan?s president, Masao (Charlie) Watanabe.

The suit came with a certificate of provenance: Sanders gave it to a friend, about 35 years ago, to wear as a Halloween costume.

Sanders ? who was once in the U.S. army but was never an officer ? died in 1980, at age 90.

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Quote of the day: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 52, tells Health mag about appearance and aging:

?Getting older, it?s like, ?Yeah, this is who I am, (bad word) off,? as opposed to, ?This is who I am, I?m sorry.?

?You know, there?s something about getting older and owning who you are that is a good thing.?

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Model/entrepreneur/TV host Heidi Klum broke up with singer Seal in January 2012. Now she?s undergoing removal of the tattoo she got to feel closer to him.

It?s an abstract design ? she said something about initials, but it looks random to me ? on the inside of her right arm, below the elbow.

People mag noted that recent photos show the marking has faded away; they asked, and sure enough, she?s having it erased.

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How the movie business works: In 2008, Liam Neeson made a movie called Taken ? ex-CIA man?s daughter gets kidnapped and sold into sex slavery, and he gets her back the hard way.

Personally, I?d rather watch paint dry, but the picture cost $25 million and grossed 11 times that amount. Neeson, who has some pride, didn?t want to do a sequel, but 20th Century Fox and something called EuropaCorp offered him 15 million good reasons; he did it, and that picture, on a $45 million budget, grossed $376 million, well more than the first one.

Who among us will be surprised to learn that Neeson wants more money to do it again? He got it, too: Deadline.com reports that he will accept $20 million for No. 3. Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace still need to be re-signed, but that will happen, Deadline suggests.

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So, Armie Hammer, what was it like working with Johnny Depp on this Lone Ranger movie? That?s what Hollywoodlife.com asked the actor. His answer: ?Terrible! Hated it, hate him and never want to see him again in my life!?

Then, perhaps fearing Depp is irony-impaired, Hammer added this: ?No, it was great!?

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Source: http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/celebrity/From+Downton+Abbey+your+wine+cellar/8581695/story.html

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Supreme Court strikes federal marriage provision

WASHINGTON (AP) ? In a historic victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married gay couples and cleared the way for the resumption of same-sex marriage in California.

The justices issued two 5-4 rulings in their final session of the term. One decision wiped away part of a federal anti-gay marriage law that has kept legally married same-sex couples from receiving tax, health and pension benefits.

The other was a technical ruling that said nothing at all about same-sex marriage, but left in place a trial court's declaration that California's Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. Gov. Jerry Brown quickly ordered that marriage licenses be issued to gay couples as soon as a federal appeals court lifts its hold on the lower court ruling, possibly next month.

In neither case did the court make a sweeping statement, either in favor of or against same-sex marriage. And in a sign that neither victory was complete for gay rights, the high court said nothing about the validity of gay marriage bans in California and roughly three dozen other states. A separate provision of the federal marriage law that allows a state to not recognize a same-sex union from elsewhere remains in place.

President Barack Obama praised the court's ruling on the federal marriage act, which he labeled "discrimination enshrined in law."

"It treated loving, committed gay and lesbian couples as a separate and lesser class of people," Obama said in a statement. "The Supreme Court has righted that wrong, and our country is better off for it."

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he was disappointed in the outcome of the federal marriage case and hoped states continue to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

The ruling in the California case was not along ideological lines. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Antonin Scalia.

"We have no authority to decide this case on the merits, and neither did the 9th Circuit," Roberts said, referring to the federal appeals court that also struck down Proposition 8.

In the case involving the federal Defense of Marriage Act, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, joined by the court's liberal justices.

"Under DOMA, same-sex married couples have their lives burdened, by reason of government decree, in visible and public ways," Kennedy said.

"DOMA's principal effect is to identify a subset of state-sanctioned marriages and make them unequal," he said.

Some in the crowd outside the court hugged and others jumped up and down just after 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday when the DOMA decision was announced. Many people were on their cell phones monitoring Twitter, news sites and blogs for word of the decision. And there were cheers as runners came down the steps with the decision in hand and turned them over to reporters who quickly flipped through the decisions.

Chants of "Thank you" and "USA" came from the crowd as plaintiffs in the cases descended the court's marbled steps. Most of those in the crowd appeared to support gay marriage, although there was at least one man who held a sign promoting marriage as between a man and a woman.

Kennedy was joined in the DOMA decision by the court's four liberal justices.

Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, and Scalia dissented.

Same-sex marriage has been adopted by 12 states and the District of Columbia. Another 18,000 couples were married in California during a brief period when same-sex unions were legal there.

The outcome is clear for people who were married and live in states that allow same-sex marriage. They now are eligible for federal benefits.

The picture is more complicated for same-sex couples who traveled to another state to get married, or who have moved from a gay marriage state since being wed.

Their eligibility depends on the benefits they are seeking. For instance, immigration law focuses on where people were married, not where they live. But eligibility for Social Security survivor benefits basically depends on where a couple is living when a spouse dies.

The rulings came 10 years to the day after the court's Lawrence v. Texas decision that struck down state bans on gay sex. In his dissent at the time, Scalia predicted the ruling would lead to same-sex marriage.

Massachusetts was the first state to allow gay couples to marry, in 2004. When same-sex unions resume in California, there will be 13 states representing 30 percent of the U.S. population where gay marriage is legal.

The other 11 are Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

Outside the court, gay marriage proponents celebrated both wins.

May the marriages begin," said the Human Rights Campaign's Chad Griffin, who helped spearhead the lawsuit challenging Proposition 8. The two same-sex couples who sued for the right to marry also were at the court Wednesday.

In New York City's Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn, where a riot in 1969 sparked the gay rights movement, erupted in cheers and whooping.

Mary Jo Kennedy, 58 was there with her wife Jo-Ann Shain, 60, and their daughter Aliya Shain, 25.

She came with a sign that could be flipped either way and was holding up the side that says "SCOTUS made our family legal".

They have been together 31 years and got married day it became legal in New York.

The broadest possible ruling would have given gay Americans the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals. The justices said nothing on that topic in either case.

The decisions Wednesday have no effect on the roughly three dozen states that do not allow same-sex marriage, including 29 that have enshrined the bans in their constitutions.

The federal marriage law, known by its acronym DOMA, had been struck down by several federal courts.

The justices chose for their review the case of 84-year-old Edith Windsor of New York, who sued to challenge a $363,000 federal estate tax bill after her partner of 44 years died in 2009.

Windsor, who goes by Edie, married Thea Spyer in 2007 after doctors told them Spyer would not live much longer. She suffered from multiple sclerosis for many years. Spyer left everything she had to Windsor.

Windsor would have paid nothing in inheritance taxes if she had been married to a man. And now she is eligible for a refund.

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Associated Press writers Connie Cass, Jessica Gresko and Bethan McKernan contributed to this report. McKernan reported from New York.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-strikes-federal-marriage-provision-145436126.html

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UN sounds alarm on widespread designer drug use

VIENNA (AP) ? VIENNA ? The U.N. drug control agency on Wednesday sounded the alarm on the spread of designer drugs, which are sold openly and legally and sometimes result in deadly highs, while reporting that global drug use generally remains stable.

Such substances "can be far more dangerous than traditional drugs," the agency said in a statement accompanying its annual report. "Street names, such as 'spice,' 'meow-meow' and 'bath salts' mislead young people into believing that they are indulging in low-risk fun."

A six-page summary of the report by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime warned that "the international drug control system is foundering, for the first time, under the speed and creativity" of their proliferation.

It said countries worldwide reported 251 such substances by mid-2012, compared with 166 at the end of 2009. The problem, said the report, is "hydra-headed" in that as fast as governments ban the drugs, manufacturers produce new variants.

Nearly 5 percent of European Union residents aged between 15 and 24 have already experimented with such drugs, said the report.

In the United States, 158 kinds of synthetic drugs were circulating during 2012, more than twice as many as in the EU, and use was growing in East and Southeast Asia, including China, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Gil Kerlikowske, director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, said the United States faces "continuing challenges with prescription drug abuse and new synthetic drugs." But he also noted successes, telling participants meeting in Vienna for the report's launch that U.S. cocaine use has decreased by 50 percent since 2006.

In a statement accompanying the organization's 151-page report, UNODC head Yury Fedotov said that while drug use and production overall appears to be stable in recent years, illicit drug consumption still kills around 200,000 people each year.

However, the office lowered its estimate of the number of people injecting drugs and those living with the HIV virus worldwide because of such injections.

It said 14 million people between the ages of 16 and 65 inject drugs and of those, 1.6 million have the virus as a result of such injections ? 12 percent and 46 percent less respectively than last estimated five years ago.

In other findings, the agency reported:

? heroin and opium use remains steady at around 16.4 million people, or 0.4 percent of the world's adult population.

?heroin use appears to be declining in Europe, with users aging and because of more efficient drug seizures.

?cocaine use, although still rare, appears to be growing in China and Hong Kong as shown by seizures of the drug, apparently reflecting the growth of a more affluent society.

?U.S. cocaine use fell by 40 percent between 2006 and 2011, due in part to less production in Colombia, more efficient law enforcement and disruptive turf wars among drug cartels.

?seizures of "amphetamine-type" drugs rose by 66 percent in 2011 compared with the year before, to 123 tons.

?the use of "ecstasy," one such drug, is declining globally but appears to be growing in Europe.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/un-sounds-alarm-widespread-designer-drug-093259636.html

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1 in 10 female German or British tourists holidaying in southern Europe suffers sexual harassment

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The European Institute of Studies on Prevention (Irefrea) surveyed more than 6,000 people in various airports in Mediterranean countries during summer 2009 to find out the levels of harassment and sex against one's will that had occurred. According to the experts, one in ten female English or German tourists has fallen victim to these practices while on holiday in southern Europe, as well as one in 15 males, as published in the journal 'Archives of Sexual Behavior'.

An international team of researchers, led by Amador Calafat from the European Insitute of Studies on Prevention (Irefrea), surveyed 6,502 people in different airports across southern Europe (Crete, Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain). Those surveyed were young people between the ages of 16 and 35, who had visited tourist hotspots in summer 2009 and were returning home. The aim of the survey was to discover the levels of sexual harassment and sex against one's will suffered by these tourists. Their study is published in the journal 'Archives of Sexual Behavior'.

"In this article we have gone into detail with a broad sample on an issue that receives little attention in tourist environments: sexual harassment and sex against one's will. Research was conducted on English and German tourists because they are the most frequent visitors to southern Europe and it is easier to obtain results," Amador Calafat, the Irefrea researcher leading the study, informs SINC.

Despite the known increase in substance use and risky sexual behaviours among young people during holiday periods, issues of sexual harassment and sex against one's will have not received adequate attention, according to the researchers.

The results of the study show that 8.6% of people suffered sexual harassment during their holidays and 1.5% suffered sex against their will. "2.4 times as many women as heterosexual men claimed to have suffered from sexual harassment. However, gay and bisexual men showed similar levels to women and high levels of sex against their will," the expert notes.

Predictor variables for risk

The researchers applied different variables to predict the risk of falling victim to one of the two behaviours studied. "With regard to sexual harassment, those who claimed to have suffered these practices the most were tourists who were visiting Mallorca and Crete, young, British, gay or bisexual, frequent drinkers or attracted to bars where people get drunk, or cocaine consumers," Calafat highlights.

"We're not talking about casual sex, but rather issues that show a correlation, so we must continue researching," the scientist explains.

The Spanish group Irefrea has led various European projects and participated in others on the subjects of violence, driving, sexual behaviour, drunkenness, drug use, differences between countries, management of venues that have an influence on drunkenness and violence, etc., and has prepared Health and Safety European Standards for nightlife venues.

"The first preventive measure is to be aware that these problems exist, since we tend to always think positively about holidays. There are measures that depend on tourist destinations, which are often promoted as places with a high level of sexual permissiveness and advertise cheap alcohol. The venues themselves can also avoid these situations by adopting good management in accordance with already established standards," Calafat explains.

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The article is part of a long series of publications on nightlife issues that Irefrea has been publishing in recent years.

References:

Amador Calafat, Karen Hughes, Nicole Blay, Mark A. Bellis, Fernando Mendes, Montse Juan, Philip Lazarov, Barbara Cibin, et al. "Sexual Harassment among Young Tourists Visiting Mediterranean Resorts" Archives of Sexual Behavior 42: 603-613, 2013. DOI 10.1007/s10508-012-9979-6

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The European Institute of Studies on Prevention (Irefrea) surveyed more than 6,000 people in various airports in Mediterranean countries during summer 2009 to find out the levels of harassment and sex against one's will that had occurred. According to the experts, one in ten female English or German tourists has fallen victim to these practices while on holiday in southern Europe, as well as one in 15 males, as published in the journal 'Archives of Sexual Behavior'.

An international team of researchers, led by Amador Calafat from the European Insitute of Studies on Prevention (Irefrea), surveyed 6,502 people in different airports across southern Europe (Crete, Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain). Those surveyed were young people between the ages of 16 and 35, who had visited tourist hotspots in summer 2009 and were returning home. The aim of the survey was to discover the levels of sexual harassment and sex against one's will suffered by these tourists. Their study is published in the journal 'Archives of Sexual Behavior'.

"In this article we have gone into detail with a broad sample on an issue that receives little attention in tourist environments: sexual harassment and sex against one's will. Research was conducted on English and German tourists because they are the most frequent visitors to southern Europe and it is easier to obtain results," Amador Calafat, the Irefrea researcher leading the study, informs SINC.

Despite the known increase in substance use and risky sexual behaviours among young people during holiday periods, issues of sexual harassment and sex against one's will have not received adequate attention, according to the researchers.

The results of the study show that 8.6% of people suffered sexual harassment during their holidays and 1.5% suffered sex against their will. "2.4 times as many women as heterosexual men claimed to have suffered from sexual harassment. However, gay and bisexual men showed similar levels to women and high levels of sex against their will," the expert notes.

Predictor variables for risk

The researchers applied different variables to predict the risk of falling victim to one of the two behaviours studied. "With regard to sexual harassment, those who claimed to have suffered these practices the most were tourists who were visiting Mallorca and Crete, young, British, gay or bisexual, frequent drinkers or attracted to bars where people get drunk, or cocaine consumers," Calafat highlights.

"We're not talking about casual sex, but rather issues that show a correlation, so we must continue researching," the scientist explains.

The Spanish group Irefrea has led various European projects and participated in others on the subjects of violence, driving, sexual behaviour, drunkenness, drug use, differences between countries, management of venues that have an influence on drunkenness and violence, etc., and has prepared Health and Safety European Standards for nightlife venues.

"The first preventive measure is to be aware that these problems exist, since we tend to always think positively about holidays. There are measures that depend on tourist destinations, which are often promoted as places with a high level of sexual permissiveness and advertise cheap alcohol. The venues themselves can also avoid these situations by adopting good management in accordance with already established standards," Calafat explains.

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The article is part of a long series of publications on nightlife issues that Irefrea has been publishing in recent years.

References:

Amador Calafat, Karen Hughes, Nicole Blay, Mark A. Bellis, Fernando Mendes, Montse Juan, Philip Lazarov, Barbara Cibin, et al. "Sexual Harassment among Young Tourists Visiting Mediterranean Resorts" Archives of Sexual Behavior 42: 603-613, 2013. DOI 10.1007/s10508-012-9979-6

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