MAGALUF BINGE CRACKDOWN: DRUNKEN BRITS VOW TO CARRY ON 'GETTING MORTAL’
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| Tourists on the Punta Ballena strip in Magaluf after a night out in the town |
Fine me … I don't care’, insist young drinkers as they ignore drive to clean
up the Spanish resort
Binge-drinking British tourists say they will
defy a crackdown on drunkenness and debauchery in the Spanish resort of
Magaluf insisting they will not let police stop them getting “f_____g
mortal”.
Tough new rules came into force in the Majorcan
town – nicknamed “Shagaluf” – overnight, including a ban on drinking on
the street and curbs on organised bar crawls, in an effort to clean up
its image.
With extra police drafted
in to enforce the new rules on along the main strip, scuffles broke out
as officers intervened to control youths chanting football slogans.
Around half a dozen police cars intervened to curb the disorder.
The crackdown on loutish behaviour includes a total ban on drinking alcohol in the street between 10pm and 8am and restrictions on the resort’s most notorious bar crawls.
There will also be fines of up to €3,000 for nudity, urinating in the street or “balconing”, the craze of jumping from hotel balconies.
They come after a teenager from Northern Ireland caused a furore last summer when she performed sex acts on 24 men on one of the crawls.
Some bars along the Punta Ballena strip - where most of the action takes place - had signs up with messages such as "No alcohol permitted in the street" and "Drink with moderation".
But overnight there was widespread evidence of the rules being ignored as holidaymakers spilled out of bars carrying drinks.
Hannah MacDonald, 19, a mental health nurse from Perth, Scotland, summed up the attitude of many.
“We're here for a reason,” she said.
“We're here to get f______g mortal and just love life.
“We're not here to worry about drinking on the street, I do enough of that in Scotland.
“Fine me, do whatever you want, I'm going to get mortal on the street and I don't care.”
Asked why she had decided to come to Magaluf for the first time this year, she said: "Jeremy Kyle came here last year so I'm following Jezza, ken what I mean?"
The new rules say bar crawls must be accompanied by a company rep and accredited security staff, and reps are also required to have first aid training.
All crawls now require at least seven days notice to be authorised and the number of participants is limited to 20 per crawl, with companies only permitted to run one a night.
Those running businesses in and around the strip complained about what they described as a "token gesture" from Calvia town hall to clean up the resort's image.
Juan Pedro Leon, 56, an owner of the Office bar on the strip, who has been working in Magaluf for more than 30 years, said the new rules "could spell the end" for its tourist industry.
The crackdown on loutish behaviour includes a total ban on drinking alcohol in the street between 10pm and 8am and restrictions on the resort’s most notorious bar crawls.
There will also be fines of up to €3,000 for nudity, urinating in the street or “balconing”, the craze of jumping from hotel balconies.
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They come after a teenager from Northern Ireland caused a furore last summer when she performed sex acts on 24 men on one of the crawls.
Some bars along the Punta Ballena strip - where most of the action takes place - had signs up with messages such as "No alcohol permitted in the street" and "Drink with moderation".
But overnight there was widespread evidence of the rules being ignored as holidaymakers spilled out of bars carrying drinks.
Hannah MacDonald, 19, a mental health nurse from Perth, Scotland, summed up the attitude of many.
“We're here for a reason,” she said.
“We're here to get f______g mortal and just love life.
“We're not here to worry about drinking on the street, I do enough of that in Scotland.
“Fine me, do whatever you want, I'm going to get mortal on the street and I don't care.”
Asked why she had decided to come to Magaluf for the first time this year, she said: "Jeremy Kyle came here last year so I'm following Jezza, ken what I mean?"
The new rules say bar crawls must be accompanied by a company rep and accredited security staff, and reps are also required to have first aid training.
All crawls now require at least seven days notice to be authorised and the number of participants is limited to 20 per crawl, with companies only permitted to run one a night.
Those running businesses in and around the strip complained about what they described as a "token gesture" from Calvia town hall to clean up the resort's image.
Juan Pedro Leon, 56, an owner of the Office bar on the strip, who has been working in Magaluf for more than 30 years, said the new rules "could spell the end" for its tourist industry.
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