- Tourists could soon face fines of up to €3,000 for unruly behavior
- The mayor of Palma, capital of Mallorca, wants to stop ‘rampant’ bad behavior
- He said his administration would be “inflexible” about the proposed rules.
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Mallorcan lawmakers are cracking down on unruly tourists in the tourist destination by introducing “zero tolerance” plans to fine them up to €3,000 for anti-social behaviour.
The mayor of Palma, the capital of Mallorca, Jaime Martínez, told leisure sector officials at the ITB tourism fair in Berlin that he and his administration are working to stop “rampant” irresponsible tourism on the island.
‘The city council is going to be inflexible. The same thing we demand of our citizens, we demand of our visitors.’
Martínez admitted the rules were unlikely to be enforced 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 question of political will. No one deserves to have to put up with this kind of behavior every year.’
British tourists could be fined on the spot for drinking alcohol in the street under strict new rules the Balearic Islands’ heads of government are being urged to adopt.
The head of Tourism for the islands, Jaume Bauza, confirmed that the idea of creating a blacklist is being considered as part of a package of tougher measures being prepared against antisocial visitors to popular destinations.
The move comes months after new Spanish laws revealed by Balearic Islands bosses meant British tourists could soon be fined on the spot for drinking in the street.
In October it emerged that misbehaving tourists could be banned from the islands, which include Ibiza and Mallorca, under controversial new proposals.
The islands’ head of tourism, Jaume Bauza, confirmed that the idea of creating a blacklist is being considered as part of a package of tougher measures being prepared against antisocial visitors to popular destinations.
Members of a working group created to prepare changes to an existing regional law against excessive tourism reportedly want street drinking to be punished with fines.
Respected Mallorcan newspaper Diario de Mallorca said the proposal, with cash fines collected on the spot through the use of card reading machines, was one of a series of new measures that have been introduced.
A law firm in Palma, the capital of Mallorca, has prepared a document with the proposed modifications with the collaboration of hoteliers, restaurateurs and owners of bars and nightclubs through their respective representative associations.
Among them are the Playa de Palma Hotel Association and the CAEB Mallorca Restaurant Association.
At the beginning of 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 tourists caught jumping from their hotel balconies and limits on the amount of alcohol served with meals at all-inclusive hotels.