Tourists in Magaluf will need to behave themselves or face increased fines. Photo / Getty Images
Tourists in Magaluf will need to behave themselves or face increased fines. Photo / Getty Images
Magaluf is to hit misbehaving British tourists with even tougher 'on-the-spot' penalties this summer, with fines for anti-social behaviour soaring four times as much as last year.
Any holidaymaker involved in rowdy scenes will now have to pay 400 euros ($682) instead of the 100 euros of 2017 and 500 euros ($852) - a five-fold increase - for any breach of the peace involving alcohol, MailOnline Travel reports.
The same 400 per cent rise is being applied to any tourist caught urinating in the street who will now have to fork out 400 euros whilst the fine for going naked or semi-naked in a public place will double to 400 euros as well.
Calvia council, which covers all the main tourist hotspots in and around Magaluf, has published a revised list of 16 existing sanctions that will be increased in price.
They will either multiply four-fold, double or rise two and a half times the existing amount.
A spokesman for the tourist area said: "Calvià council has approved by decree to increase the amount of sanctions that refer to 16 infractions of the Municipal Ordinance for the Promotion of Coexistence in Calvià, which was already more than one year old."
"After the experience of 2017 and with the aim of encouraging spaces for the enjoyment of residents and tourists, it has been decided to increase the amount of fines in order to prevent certain behaviour and guarantee an optimal coexistence between the residents of Calvià and visitors."
One of the main objectives will be to tackle drinking in the street and bottle parties, one of the most common problems during the tourist season.
Tourist sunbathe at Magaluf beach. Photo / Getty Images
"In addition, preventing the practice of nudism or semi-nudism in unauthorised places is another of the challenges to improve coexistence," says the council.
The long list of rules to combat bad behaviour was first published in October of 2016 and started to come into force last summer, at first with warnings and then with fines.
Calvia council thinks it has made some progress and has been imposing penalties on rowdy tourists, including a group of 18 Brits who decided to streak along the seafront. They were each fined 200 euros. If anything similar happens this season, the fine would be double - 400 euros.
All 16 of the sanctions come under the 'minor' category and if paid within ten days, will have a 50 per cent discount.
Other heftier fines will still apply to serious and very serious breaches, which could soar to as much as 6000 euros.
Magaluf's tourism chiefs have also reiterated their plea to the Balearic Government to do something about all-inclusive hotels, urging it to ban alcohol, as well as happy hours and two for one offers.
The Balearic Government is expected to announce its new rules to do with all-inclusive hotels in the next few days.
Magaluf is a favorite holiday destinations for young British tourists. Photo / Getty Images
The 16 increased sanctions in full
1. A 500 euro fine (increased five-fold) for any event organiser breaching alcohol rules.
2. A 400 euro fine (multiplied four times) for any act or individual who "goes against the composure, order and urbanity required for social coexistence".
3. 400 euro fine (four times up) for urinating in a public place.
4. A 500 euro fine (up two and a half times) for the consumption of alcoholic beverages in public spaces causing inconvenience to people who use public space and residents.
5. A 500 euro fine (also increased 2.5 times) for the consumption of alcoholic beverages seriously disrupting coexisting citizens in a way that deteriorates the tranquility of the environment or provokes unsanitary situations.
6. A 500 euro fine (again, increased by two and a half times) for the consumption of alcoholic beverages seriously disrupting coexistence in a demeaning manner for pedestrians or other users of public spaces.
7. A 500 euro fine (2.5 times up) for the consumption of alcoholic beverages seriously disrupting coexistence in any place where children might be affected.
8. A 500 euro fine (also up 2.5 times) for bottle parties on roads and public spaces of any nature
9. A 400 euro fine (doubled) for lack of respect and consideration directed to a member of the Calvià police in the exercise of their role to protect the public.
10. A 400 euro fine (doubled) for the carrying out of activities and the provision of unauthorised services in a public space, such as tarot, clairvoyance, massage or tattoos.
11. A 400 euro fine (doubled) for going nude or naked or semi-nude on public roads outside the zones authorised by decree of the Mayor's Office.
12. A 400 euro fine (doubled) for walking or going on public transport or in a public space without a top, except in swimming pools, beaches or other places where this is normal or as allowed on pavements, streets and roads immediately adjoining the beaches or the rest of the coast.
13. A 200 euro fine (doubled) for throwing litter down in a public place, especially cigarette butts, chewing gum, peelings, papers, plastics, cans, containers, bottles or similar.
14. A 200 euro fine (double) for putting into operation, on beaches and public places, equipment for sound, amplifiers, speakers of any power, instruments of percussion or similar that can generate a significant acoustic impact on the immediate surroundings.
15. A 200 euro fine (double) for taking alcohol out on to the streets away from the original premises and consuming it on roads or public spaces, regardless of the container used.
16. A 100 euro fine (double) for graffiti on public transport, equipment, street furniture, trees, gardens and public roads in general or climbing over these.
