All-inclusive holiday booze warning: Binge-drinking crackdown at Mallorca and Ibiza party resorts limits Brits to just SIX drinks for the WHOLE day – and only three at lunch or dinner
- EasyJet informing passengers of rule change when they try to book all-inclusive
- Other tough new rules ban pub crawls, two-for-one offers and happy hours
- The islands’ regional government wants to crack down on ‘uncivic’ behaviour
Brits visiting Spain’s Balearic Islands are being warned they’ll be limited to six drinks a day on all-inclusive breaks due to new laws clamping down on public drunkenness.
EasyJet is informing passengers of the rule change when they try to book package holidays for certain resorts on the islands.
The rules split the day into a ‘lunch timetable’ and an ‘evening timetable’, with only three drinks being allowed during each.
Other rules ban the sale of alcohol in shops between 9.30pm and 8am, as well as pub crawls, two-for-one drinks offers and happy hours. Advertising party boats and balcony jumping could attract a £50,000 fine.
Only certain areas of the Balearics are affected, including Magaluf, on Majorca, and parts of Ibiza and Palma, the regional capital, so customers should check before booking.
The regional governments is attempting to put the brake on the ‘excesses of drunken tourism’. (A stock photo of revellers in Magaluf)
Thousands of British tourists flock to the islands every year, including large groups of revellers who have earned them an infamous reputation.
Most of the new restrictions came into place in 2020 but Covid means many Brits are only now becoming aware of them.
Anyone attempting to book an all-inclusive stay via EasyJet is now given the following message, the Liverpool Echo reported: ‘Due to a change in Spanish law which affects certain resorts in the Balearic islands, alcoholic drinks are now limited to three per person at lunch and dinner as part of the all-inclusive basis.’
The laws were touted as the first in Europe to restrict the promotion and sale of alcohol in tourist areas.
They also aim to halt the ‘cheapening’ of the Balearic Islands and attract new investors that were being put off by its rowdy image.
Announcing the new laws in 2020, a regional government spokesman said: ‘Efforts to promote the destination, to provide it with better quality through both public and private sector investments, and position it in an increasingly competitive and global market, have been affected recently by certain uncivic behaviour.
‘Most of this type of behaviour is directly related to alcohol abuse in certain tourist areas of Majorca and Ibiza.’
The crackdown will affect Magaluf, Majorca, the West End area of Ibiza and a long stretch of the regional capital Palma. (Stock image)
Council leaders have been mounting a fightback to try to clean up the image of resorts like Magaluf since it was rocked by scandal in 2014 when a British holidaymaker was filmed performing sex acts on 24 men.
The incident led Majorca’s top politician at the time – Jose Ramon Bauza – to dub Magaluf’s notorious party strip Punta Ballena as ‘500 metres of shame’.
In 2018 council chiefs upped the ante against badly-behaving tourists in Magaluf by putting up street signs warning them of heavy fines for street drinking, nakedness and fighting.
The brightly-coloured signs, which carried the banner line ‘Have fun with respect’ were mounted on lamp-posts and other visible spots in the party resort.
One said: ‘Drink on the street. Penalty 500 euros.’ Another said: ‘Wear no clothes on the street. Penalty 400 euros.’ and a third ‘Shout, fight, or bother people. Penalty 400 euros.’
EasyJet is informing passengers of the rule change when they try to book an all-inclusive breaks for certain resorts
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