Unruly tourists face a €3,000 fine for anti-social behavior under latest ‘zero tolerance’ plans to crack down on ‘unbridled’ holidaymakers in Mallorca
- Holidaymakers could soon face fines of up to €3,000 for unruly behaviour
- The mayor of Palma, the capital of Mallorca, wants to put a stop to ‘rampant’ bad behavior
- He said his government would be “inflexible” on the proposed rules
Majorcan lawmakers are cracking down on unruly tourists in the holiday hotspot by introducing ‘zero tolerance’ plans that could see them fined up to €3,000 for anti-social behaviour.
The mayor of Mallorca’s capital Palma, Jaime Martínez, told leisure sector bosses at the ITB Berlin tourism fair that he and his government are working to stop “rampant” irresponsible tourism on the island.
‘The town hall is becoming inflexible. The same things we demand of our citizens, we also demand of our visitors.”
Martínez admitted the rules were unlikely to be in force during this year’s tourist season, but said he planned to increase police presence in Palma to try to combat levels of anti-social behaviour.
‘This is a matter of political will. No one deserves to have to endure this kind of behavior every year.”
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The island’s head of tourism, Jaume Bauza, confirmed that the idea of a blacklist is being considered as part of a package of tougher measures being prepared against anti-social visitors to the popular destinations.
The move comes months after new Spanish laws, unveiled by Balearic leaders, meant British holidaymakers could soon receive on-the-spot fines for drinking in the streets.
In October, it emerged that ill-behaved tourists would be banned from islands including Ibiza and Mallorca under controversial new proposals.
The island’s head of tourism, Jaume Bauza, confirmed that the idea of a blacklist is being considered as part of a package of tougher measures being prepared against anti-social visitors to the popular destinations.
It was reported that members of a working group, set up to prepare changes to an existing regional level against excessive tourism, want street drinking to be punished with fines.
Respected Mallorcan newspaper Diario de Mallorca said the proposal, which would see on-the-spot cash fines imposed through the use of card-reading machines, is one of a number of new measures that have been put forward.
A document setting out the proposed changes has been prepared by a law firm based in the Mallorcan capital Palma, with input from hoteliers, restaurateurs and bar and nightclub owners through their respective representative associations.
These include the Playa de Palma Hotel Association and the CAEB Mallorca Restaurants Association.
In early 2020, a decree on drunken tourism was agreed for certain areas such as Magaluf in Mallorca and the West End of San Antonio in neighboring Ibiza.
It included fines of up to £50,000 for holidaymakers caught jumping from their hotel balconies and limits on the amount of alcohol served with meals at all-inclusive hotels.