EUROPE Flip-flop fines and bikini bans as Europe gets tough on rowdy tourists Newsroom If you’re heading to Europe this summer, you might want to pack extra spending money, and not just for gelato. From Spain to Greece, tourist hotspots are slapping visitors with hefty fines for behavior that locals say they’ve had enough of. READ MORE
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