An increasing number of 50-somethings - known as "Saga louts" - are over-indulging in alcohol and food and becoming abusive to locals, an analysis of surveys shows.
Older generations could be risking their health by drinking too much and engaging in dangerous sports abroad such as bungee jumping.
The research, in which more than 1,000 were polled for the Know Before You Go campaign on behalf of the Foreign Office, shows that one in five Britons over 55 are taking risks abroad that they would never contemplate at home, such as water skiing or riding a moped.
As a result nearly one in five couples said that they or their partner had been injured.
The term "Saga lout" was coined by Dr Peter Rice, a psychiatrist, to describe heavy-drinking pensioners. He said that the typical "Saga lout" acquired a taste for drinking at home as alcohol prices dropped in the 1970s and 1980s.
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