Editing Spring break (section)

==Spring break festivals==
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Large annual spring break festivities take place in various countries, often in the form of music festivals and joined by special [[nightclub]] [[Party|parties]], beach activities and accommodation offers. People on the Easter break may travel to other countries.

===Pacific===
The [[Pacific Ocean|South Pacific]] takes spring break in November. Some tour companies charter out entire island resorts for the festivities.<ref>[http://remixmagazine.com/springbreak-the-exclusive-island-get-away-you-dont-want-to-miss-out-on/ Island Party Fiji]</ref>

====Fiji====
* [[Fiji]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11552879 |title=PM's son among Kiwi partygoers forced off Beachcomber Island by blaze |date=November 29, 2015 |access-date=March 21, 2020 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/74753411/what-on-earth-is-spring-break|title=What on earth is Spring Break?|website=Stuff|date=December 4, 2015 |access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>

====Cook Islands====
* [[Rarotonga]]

===Europe===
European party destinations are increasingly becoming popular for international spring break guests.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kressmann|first1=Jeremy|title=Budget Travel: European Spring break|url=http://www.gadling.com/2009/02/10/budget-travel-european-spring-break/|access-date=June 23, 2014|date=February 10, 2009}}</ref> Tour agencies have cited the lower [[Legal drinking age|drinking ages]] in these places and that even then, they are rarely enforced. Some tour companies put on special chartered flights for spring break at discounted rates.

====Croatia====
[[File:Papaya club @ Zrche beach day.jpg|thumb|Spring break at [[Novalja]] ([[Zrće|Zrće Beach]]), Croatia]]
* [[Novalja]] ([[Zrće|Zrće Beach]])<ref>[https://www.croatiaspringbreak.com/ Croatia Spring break]</ref><ref>[https://springbreak-island.com/ Spring break Island] Croatia</ref>

====Germany====
* [[Pouch, Germany|Pouch]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnik.de/springbreak|title=SPUTNIK SPRING BREAK – SPUTNIK SPRING BREAK 2018|last=mdr.de|website=MDR SPUTNIK|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Rügen|Rugia]] ([[Binz]]/[[Prora]]) and [[Usedom]] islands ([[Heringsdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Kaiser Spa]])<ref>[http://www.balticspringbreak.de/ Annual Baltic Spring break], Usedom Island, Germany</ref>

====Greece====
* [[Mykonos]]<ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/topic/place/mykonos-springbreakgr-the-official-springbreak-of-greece-video-BxDODNMN6vc-38615-1.html Firstpost video] of Mykonos Spring break</ref>

====Hungary====
* [[Siófok]] ([[Lake Balaton]])<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-chatfCBYms Spring break 2011. Balaton], video</ref>

====Italy====
* [[Rimini]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUBKkstn7oA Spring break Rimini 2012], video</ref>

====Spain====
* [[Ibiza]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stoketravel.com/trips/spring-break-ibiza/|title=Spring Break Ibiza 2018 – Parties & Accommodation – Stoke Travel|website=stoketravel.com|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Lloret de Mar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springbreak-espagne.com/|title=Spring break 2018 : springbreak européen en Espagne Voyage étudiant Lloret Salou Jeunes etudiants Open Bar Festival|website=www.springbreak-espagne.com|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Magaluf]] ([[Mallorca]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seemallorca.com/events/calendar/mallorca-spring|title=Mallorca Spring Break - SeeMallorca.com|website=SeeMallorca.com|date=October 24, 2014 |access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Salou]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6vvc1hqbNg 2015 SpringBreak Salou by Funbreak], video</ref>

====Sweden====
* [[Linköping]]<ref>[https://www.scbmasteri.com/festkalender], Spring break party by students </ref>

===North America===
====Caribbean====
* [[Montego Bay]], [[Jamaica]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springbreak.com/Caribbean/Montego_Bay/Montego_Bay.html|title=Spring Break 2018 in Montego Bay|website=www.springbreak.com|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Nassau, Bahamas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springbreak.com/Caribbean/Nassau.html|title=Spring Break 2017 in Nassau|website=www.springbreak.com|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Punta Cana]], [[Dominican Republic]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ststravel.com/spring-break/dominican-republic/punta-cana/|title=Punta Cana Spring Break 2018 Packages – STS Travel|website=STSTravel.com|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>

====Mexico====
* [[Acapulco]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springbreak.com/MX_Cities/Acapulco/Acapulco.html|title=Spring Break 2017 in Acapulco, Mexico|website=www.springbreak.com|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Cancún]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQDc0Kcd8Iw Epic Spring break in Cancun, Mexico], video</ref>
* [[Cabo San Lucas]]

====United States====
In the US, many people take the holiday off. The holiday is celebrated near Easter, and many families hold easter egg hunts, or celebrate with Easter activities.

=====Panama City Beach, Florida=====
Starting in the late 1990s, [[Panama City Beach, Florida|Panama City Beach]] began advertising the destination hoping to attract crowds that had formerly gone to Fort Lauderdale and then Daytona Beach before those communities enacted restrictions.  From 2010 to 2016, an estimated 300,000 students traveled to the destination. The spawn of social media and digital marketing helped boost the beach town into a student mecca during March. Following well-publicized shootings and a [[gang rape]] in 2015, several new ordinances were put into effect prohibiting drinking on the beach and establishing a bar closing time of 2{{nbsp}}a.m.{{nbsp}}[[Central Time Zone|CT]]. Reports showed a drop in Panama City Beach's spring break turnout in March 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/Some-local-businesses-say-the-smaller-spring-break-crowds-have-had-a-negative-impact-on-the-local-economy-373795851.html|title=Some businesses see negative economic impact this spring break|first=Kelly|last=Baumgarten|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref> followed by increased family tourism in April 2016.  Both are attributed to the new ordinances by the [[Bay County, Florida|Bay County]] Community Development Corporation (CDC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsherald.com/news/20160626/panama-city-reports-record-bed-tax-numbers-in-april|title=Panama City reports record bed tax numbers in April|first=KATIE|last=LANDECK|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>

=====Daytona Beach, Florida=====
After Fort Lauderdale started discouraging college students from vacationing there for spring break in the mid-1980s, [[Daytona Beach, Florida|Daytona Beach]] mayor [[Larry Kelly]] appeared on national television to encourage college vacationers to come to Daytona Beach instead.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/3/florida-spring-break-destinations-tire-of-partyers/|title=Florida spring break destinations tire of partyers' bad behavior, seek revenue elsewhere|last=Quimby|first=Tom|date=June 3, 2015|work=The Washington Times|access-date=2018-05-29|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/fl-spring-broke-documentary-20160304-story.html|title='Spring Broke' documentary on Fort Lauderdale-Daytona rivalry to air Friday|last=Diaz|first=Johnny|work=Sun-Sentinel.com|access-date=2018-05-29|language=en-US}}</ref> Soon after, beer and cigarette brands started advertising in Daytona Beach for spring break. ''[[MTV Spring Break]]'' coverage moved to Daytona Beach in 1986.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.papermag.com/a-history-of-mtv-spring-break-part-1-the-80s-1426028000.html|title=A History of "MTV Spring Break," Part 1: The '80s|date=2012-03-28|work=PAPER|access-date=2018-06-11|language=en|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144920/http://www.papermag.com/a-history-of-mtv-spring-break-part-1-the-80s-1426028000.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Kelly later called that decision a mistake, as locals experienced many problems during spring break every year.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-07-12/news/9301230616_1_black-college-reunion-tourism-officials-spring-break-s|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726215852/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-07-12/news/9301230616_1_black-college-reunion-tourism-officials-spring-break-s|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2014|title=Daytona Beach May Kiss Spring Breakers Good-bye|work=tribunedigital-sunsentinel|access-date=2018-05-29|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/06/21/daytona-debates-spring-break/|title=Daytona Debates Spring Break|work=tribunedigital-orlandosentinel|access-date=2018-05-29|language=en}}</ref> Kelly's efforts to rein in the revelry included promoting athletic competitions called "Spring Games" to channel youthful energy in a wholesome direction,<ref name="SpringGames">{{cite news |title=Spring Games USA competes with bacchanalian traditions for minds and bodies of college students |work=Los Angeles Times |date=25 March 1989|id={{ProQuest|1249381954}} }}</ref> and proposing that hotels be billed for the cost of sending police to respond to calls during spring break.<ref name="BreakPatrols">{{cite news |title=Mayor: Bill Hotels for Police Calls Report Says $60,000 Spent for Spring Break Patrols |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |date=1 June 1989|id={{ProQuest|277532149}} }}</ref> In 1993, Kelly lost his bid for re-election as mayor, and Daytona Beach officials cut their spring break marketing budget and ties with MTV.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.papermag.com/a-history-of-mtv-spring-break-part-2-the-90s-1426029465.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206020140/http://www.papermag.com/a-history-of-mtv-spring-break-part-2-the-90s-1426029465.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 6, 2016|title=A History of "MTV Spring Break," Part 2: The 90s|date=2012-03-29|work=PAPER|access-date=2018-06-11|language=en}}</ref>

=====Fort Lauderdale, Florida=====
[[Fort Lauderdale]]'s reputation as a spring break destination for college students started when the [[Colgate University]] men's swim team arrived to practice there over Christmas break in 1934.<ref>{{cite news |last= Marsh |first= Bill |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/weekinreview/19marsh.html |title= The innocent birth of the spring bacchanal |work= [[The New York Times]] |date= March 19, 2006}}</ref> Attracting approximately 20,000 college students in the 1950s, spring break was still known as 'Spring vacation' and was a relatively low key affair. This began to change when [[Glendon Swarthout]]'s novel, ''Where the Boys Are'' was published in 1960, effectively ushering in modern spring break.<ref>{{cite book|last=Laurie|first=John|title=Spring Break: The Economic, Socio-Cultural and Public Governance Effects of College Students on Spring break Host Locations|year=2008|isbn=9781109023091|page=12}}</ref> Swarthout's 1960 novel was quickly made into a movie of the same title later that year, ''[[Where the Boys Are]]'', in which college girls met boys while on spring break there. The number of visiting college students immediately jumped to over 50,000.<ref name="sfhm">{{Cite news |url=http://historymiamiarchives.org/pdfs/sfh-1991-1.pdf |title=Where the boys were |last=George |first=Paul S. |date=1991 |work=South Florida History Magazine |access-date=November 16, 2017 |publisher=Historical Association of Southern Florida |issue=1 |pages=5–8 |via=[[HistoryMiami]] |archive-date=July 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702041609/http://historymiamiarchives.org/pdfs/sfh-1991-1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> By the early 1980s, Fort Lauderdale was attracting between 250,000 and 350,000 college students per year during spring break. Residents of the Fort Lauderdale area became so upset at the damage done by college students that the local government passed laws restricting parties in 1985. At the same time, the [[National Minimum Drinking Age Act]] was enacted in the United States, requiring that Florida raise the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21 and inspiring many underage college vacationers to travel to other competing locations in the United States for spring break. By 1989, the number of college students traveling to Fort Lauderdale fell to 20,000, a far cry from the 350,000 who went four years prior.<ref name="sfhm" /><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bohn|first=Lauren|title=A brief history of spring break|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1888317,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331062345/http://www.time.com//time//nation//article//0,8599,1888317,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 31, 2009|magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=October 3, 2012|date=March 30, 2009}}</ref>

=====South Padre Island, Texas=====
In the early 1980s, [[South Padre Island]] became the first location outside of Florida to draw a large number of college students for spring break. With only a few thousand residents, South Padre Island consistently drew 80,000 to 120,000 spring breakers into the 2000s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Laurie|first=John|title=Spring break: The Economic, Socio-Cultural and Public Governance Impacts of College Students of Spring break Host Locations|year=2008|isbn=9781109023091|page=66}}</ref>