A New Brand of Tourism: Criminal Tourism!

Next month the newest EU members will have fully open borders with Austria. Nothing like using this as an opportunity to scare the bejeezus out of an already paranoid and leaning-toward-xenophobic provincial population: This mailer advertises deals on security alarms of all races and creeds, sizes and shapes, so YOU don't become the victim of those vicious Criminal Tourists!
I can see it now: busloads of retirees stopping at the cafe, getting a tour of the town, going on their robbery sprees, and then boarding the bus again in the evening after a long day of sightseeing and muggings.




There is nothing that I can find that would substantiate the alleged 25-30% rise in crime that the ad cites. There has been some increase in car thefts and break-ins since the borders first became more porous, but those are largely attributed to the mafias, said to come from Ukraine.