The Spanish secretary of state for tourism, Fernando Valdes, said on Wednesday morning that badly behaved tourists were no longer welcome in Spain and he called for a radical change within the industry to outlaw bad behaviour and excess drinking by tourists.
His speech came after reports from Playa de Palma that rowdy tourists, mostly German, were making the lives of local residents a misery because of their behaviour.
"It isn't going to be easy, but enough is enough," he said. The secretary of state said that four million euros were being invested in Magalluf and hundreds of millions across Spain to improve resorts.
Valdes said that he had held talks with the British ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott and they both agreed that a code of good conduct was needed.
The Balearic government has introduced legislation which bans all-inclusive booze in some resorts, including Magalluf and the Playa de Palma.
Valdes said that the message from Spain was that anyone who came to Spain on holiday and wanted to behave badly was not welcome.
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The government can create as many new laws and regulations as they wish (paper never refuses ink!!)...but any law is only as good as the way in which it is implemented and enforced...and it is patently obvious that the police either don't want to enforce such, or do not have the resources to enforce....meanwhile the chaos persists....unless and until the Balearic Islands begin to change their focus on the customer segments who are targeted to come to the islands as tourists the situation will remain unchanged
Nothing wi change as it never does. Unless sufficient police and application of the law is enforced. Same story every year....
Can someone give the accurate description of what a Tourist is because I think it's definition or the way it's being used makes it sound like these are people who are not from Spain but actually this is very often not the case .