Prague, a city famous for its beer as much as its architecture, plans to ban late-night bars to end its reputation as a wild party destination.

As CNN reports, Prague is not the first European capital to try to discourage a certain type of tourist from visiting amid concerns about the impact on locals’ quality of life.

Prague’s deputy mayor, Jiri Pospisil, said the city wants to discourage tourists who come “for a while, just to get drunk” in favor of a “more cultured, richer tourist,” according to AFP.

Over the past two decades, thanks in part to the boom in budget airlines, Prague has become an ideal destination for bachelor and bachelorette parties, particularly for tourists from the UK.

The news, announced on Monday, comes after residents of Prague 1, the city’s historic district home to the UNESCO-protected Old Town Square, Prague Castle and Charles Bridge, complained about noise from the bustling bars.

In a statement to CNN Travel, the Prague 1 Municipal District Office confirmed that the ban on barotsarks will be from 10pm to 6am and said the ban is set to take effect around the beginning of November.

Prague 1 district mayor Terezie Radoměřská added that the ban “came from our desire to reduce disruptive behavior, especially in relation to events and parties, which often lead to excessive noise and disturbance for both locals and other visitors . These activities do not align with the type of tourism we aim to cultivate.”

“No one will be banned from going to bars”

Vaclav Starek, head of the Czech Hotel and Restaurant Association, praised the decision, telling AFP that “trips to the center in search of beer were a problem for locals and other tourists.”

The ban only applies to group tours organized by agencies and will not prevent individual groups from organizing their own barotsarka or staying out late drinking. As Starek pointed out, “no one will be banned from going to bars.

Prague is one of many cities across Europe that have been trying to put the brakes on tourists in recent months. Officials in Venice, Italy, recently limited tour groups to 25 people and banned loudspeakers, while Barcelona’s mayor plans to end apartment rentals to tourists by 2028.