It seems as though a lot of people have forgotten how to be tourists. As a travel writer, I can’t quite believe some of the behaviour we’re seeing on display around the world. Summer might be a time to throw away inhibitions, but we don’t need to throw away all of them.

Let’s start with the obvious: leave those poor statues alone. There’s no need to ride them, play with them, touch them up or do unspeakable things with them, like we’ve seen in the past week. I won’t go into details, but suffice to say that if you’re doing things like that in public, your mum will be ashamed. Just don’t do it.

Another thing: don’t go hiking naked. It might be fine in some nudist-friendly places, but it’s certainly not in Namibia, where earlier this year some male tourists horrified local people by posing naked in front of the Big Daddy sand dunes. It’s not just about the nudity – think about all the places you don’t want to get sandy. But really, just say no to public nudity on holiday. Put it away.

No acting like James Bond. That means no driving........

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