| Tourists should take into account native | | | | Telugu (75 million); |
| customs and traditions while traveling. The | | | | |
| ignorance of national particularities and | | | | Tai (70 million); |
| false "all-allowed" feeling, appearing within | | | | |
| a vacation far away from home are two reasons | | | | Marathi(67 million); |
| which occasionally bring to tragic events | | | | |
| with the tourists. The arrest of a Swiss who | | | | Tamil (64 million); |
| has got 10 years in prison for the King | | | | |
| insult illustrates the first reason. The | | | | Vietnams (62 million); |
| second reason is reminded by the recent death | | | | |
| of a seventeen year Danish tourist who has | | | | Egyptians (55 million); |
| died at a Bulgarian resort because of alcohol | | | | |
| abuse. | | | | Turkish (53 million); |
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| It appeared that about two thirds of the | | | | Gujarati (47 million); |
| earth population lead sober lifestyles. About | | | | |
| 600 peoples and nationalities on the earth do | | | | Malayans (35 million); |
| not smoke, do not drink alcohol and do not | | | | |
| narcotize by force of their traditions, | | | | Oreos (32 million); |
| cultural and religious values. That's why a | | | | |
| drinking or smoking foreigner causes at least | | | | Hausa (31 million); |
| their disapproval. | | | | |
| | | | Spamians (30 million); |
| In many countries drinking or smoking abuse | | | | |
| can cause various administrative or criminal | | | | Kuwiti (30 million); |
| penalizing. | | | | |
| | | | Persians (26 million); |
| The countries with alcohol being prohibited | | | | |
| limited: | | | | Soundians (25 million); |
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| Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Benin, | | | | Algerians (22 million). |
| Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bhutan, East | | | | |
| Timor, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea - | | | | Religions and religious teachings/faiths |
| Bissau, Djibouti, Egypt, Zambia, Western | | | | convicting alcohol: |
| Sahara, Zimbabwe, India, Indonesia, Jordan, | | | | |
| Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Yemen, Cambodia, | | | | Islam (more than 1 billion adherents); |
| Cameroon, Qatar, Kenya, China, Comoro | | | | Sounnhism (850 million); Hinduism (793 |
| islands, Cot-Devoir, Kuwait, Laos, Lesotho, | | | | million); Buddhism (500 million); Vishnuhism |
| Lebanon, Libya, Mauritius, Mauritania, | | | | (500 million); Hanafism (400 million); |
| Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Maldives, | | | | Pentecost (373 million); Malachite (200 |
| Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, | | | | million); Shiwaism(198 million); Schism (180 |
| Norway, Arabic Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, | | | | million) Imamhism (140 million); new century |
| Palestine, Papua-new Guinea, Rwanda, Saudi | | | | (100 million); a Calvinism (62 million); |
| Arabia, Swaziland, Seychelles, Senegal, | | | | Methodism (60 million); God assembly (22 |
| Singapore, Syria, Somali, Sudan, Sierra | | | | million); Amidaism (20 million); Adventists |
| Leone, Thailand, Tanzania, Togo, Tunis, | | | | of the seventh day (16 million) and others. |
| Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uganda, Finland, | | | | |
| Central African Republic, Chad, Sweden, Sri | | | | Travelers should remember that even in |
| Lanka, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia. | | | | non-prohibiting "cultural" or moderate |
| | | | drinking alcohol countries society imposes |
| Most numerous nationalities disapproving | | | | limits to many things - drinking alcohol in |
| alcohol: | | | | public places and in the street, driving |
| | | | being drunk, minimal age to purchase and |
| Chinese (1,125 billion people); | | | | drink alcohol and many other things. |
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| Indians (245 million); | | | | The same regarding tobacco smoking, 5-10 |
| | | | countries annually accept a law limiting it. |
| Bengali (189 million); | | | | |
| | | | But taking, storing or distributing drugs for |
| Punjabi (99 million); | | | | the non-medical reason in the absolute |
| | | | majority of countries is prohibited under the |
| Bahraini (98 million); | | | | law. |
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