Majorca told to 'close bars and restaurants early' in UK tourist crackdown

Majorca has warned UK tourists "we are not your amusement park" and threatened "zero tolerance" towards Brit holidaymakers this summer amid rising tension between locals and tourists flocking to the sun-kissed holiday hotspots.

Magaluf mayor Juan Antonio Amengual, who is the head of Calvia - an area which includes the party district - said: "In your country, you cannot urinate in the street, walk around with alcohol, drinking as if there is no tomorrow or being half naked, and the message is that it's the same here."

Amengual said Magaluf depends on British tourists spending but he pledged 'zero tolerance' against anti-social behaviour from young Brits. There is a street drinking ban and restrictions on late-night booze sales are being trialled.

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The 'Less Tourism - More Life' group, accompanied by a brass band, handed out leaflets in Majorca recently amid a wave of anti-tourist sentiment which said: "You're not welcome! Mass tourism expels neighbours from their homes, wastes necessary resources, eliminates neighbourhood cultures, kills local commerce, increases prices, only creates precarious work and destroys heritage.

"We are not your amusement park!" Mr Amengual said: "Of course, all tourists are welcome to Majorca, but we are asking them to behave like they do at home. Take care of our people and the environment. Tourists have been coming to Mallorca for the last 60 years.

"It's our main industry, and we want to serve and to give our best face to the tourists. And the tourists will be always welcome to Majorca." One anti-tourist group, 'Balconing Balearic Federation' ranks nations in a cruel football-style league table by handing points out for deaths or critical injuries.

Of the UK, the group posted: "It is clear that the UK are masters and lords of this sport. They jump more than twice as often as any other nationality." Responding to the warning from the mayor, one social media user said: "They have encouraged this for years, close the bars at midnight and see what happens, but they won’t as they’ll lose millions in tourism."

"It has taken Spain an awful long time to get around to this,at least 40 years," another said. A third said: "We brought this on ourselves. I am sad to say he is right. Honestly I think we should passports harder to get. They are not a right. If you travel you represent your country, if you can’t do that then you don’t deserve a passport."