Bad information for Brit stag and hen dos as Ibiza and Mallorca herald booze ban
A heavy-handed booze crackdown on Spanish islands are likely to dampen the revelry of the Brit stag and hen dos that flock there to get wild and party.
Popular Brit tourist destinations and party hotspots Mallorca and Ibiza have introduced an alcohol ban in efforts to crackdown on low-grade tourism and drunken riff raff, while cleaning the islands up.
In place from 9.30pm and 8am, the ban covers the islands’ tourist party areas of Llucmajor, Palma and Calvia in Mallorca and Sant Antoni in Ibiza, and is in place until December 2027 at the earliest.
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The decree bans late night liquor sales in “commercial establishments”, which have to completely close, rather than just shut display cases, to comply with the ban, reports MailOnline.
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The ban also covers party boats, which can no longer come within one nautical mile of any of the impacted areas and mustn’t pick up disembarking passengers from the specific destinations either.
The ban, which is an extension of a 2020 law, came at the requests of local authorities who want to reduce the booze-fuelled antisocial behavior of tourists.
A spokesperson for the Balearic Islands tourism council said that it’s hoped the law will no longer be necessary “in three to four years, if we instill in people how to behave”.
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The ban is the latest effort in cracking down on people getting too wild and too loose on holiday, and follows a warning that Brits could be slapped with a hefty fine for bad behaviour when visiting the island.
Tourists face fines of up to €3,000 (£2,580) if they take part in drinking sessions in public places, graffiti, and get naked, or even semi naked.
Jaime Martínez, the Mayor of Palma, Mallorca’s capital, said the objectives of the stricter ordinance was to “correct uncivil attitudes”.
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