Alain Carbonell is the vice president of the Arenal residents association (Llucmajor). In a resort covered by the tourism of excesses law, he says that young German (and Dutch) tourists are taking advantage of low-cost flights in order to take breaks of 24 hours, 48 hours or 72 hours and which are dedicated solely to getting drunk and taking drugs.
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MIke in NottinghamYou're absolutely right. It isn't just Brits. It's actually, young people. Of any nationality. However, in tourism business around the world, Brits hold the trophy in terms of overall reputation and stereotypes, and it's not limited to 20-somethings in that case. Don't take my word for it. Ask a hotel manager, or an Airbnb host. And not one that exclusively caters to Brits. They can't answer you honestly. And frankly, what Ambergrillo is eluding to is something seen here and in virtually all British tabloids quite regularly. Hardly a day goes by without some subtle innuendo about "them". You know, those "others" - "over there". They did this. or didn't do that (although it often isn't anything even approaching what the headline suggests it is). Worse, it's often something that is notoriously British behaviour, which only solicits eyerolls 🙄 Frankly I can point out at least one current article of the day here that does exactly that, yet in the body of it, it turns out it's completely void of the threat the headline suggests, and entirely based on a nonexistent premise, but it just so happens there's German involvement. So, there's the "them" headline connection. But you have to get past the headline to discover that. This continuous daily piss-taking at "them" is notoriously unique to British media. And though to you it may seem quite normal, even respectable, yet from outside the British media bubble, it sticks out like an elephant in the Antarctic. Over and over again. And no surprise, insularity has become quite a common British stereotype.
AmbergrilloAmbergrillo, I am an Englishman in his 60s who visited Aqualand Arenal a few years ago. I had not been there long when a group of German youths approached me, dancing around me, loudly mocking and insulting me because of my waistline and weight (though I ma certainly not obese). I am sure that they did this because they could hear me talking in English and realised I was British, and would not have done this if I had been German and because it was obvious that they were drunk. My experience just goes to show that not all of the holidaymakers indulging in loutish antisocial or drink fuelled behaviour in Majorca are British, but some of them are German too.
Fines of up to 3000 Euros if applied now and in strict abundance , should start to reduce this drunken yobs behaviour.
#Ambergrillo You are utterly deluded. Clearly haven't been to Magaluf recently. I was there last night, its a real mix of nationalities, Brits have been a declining proportion for years now. Run along and do your homework for school tomorrow.
British run paper trying shift attention away from the horrible behavior of many disgusting British tourist at Magaluf.
It is illegal to sleep on the Beach. Perhaps giving out big Fines could act as a deterrant. Why the Youths of today want to carry on in a drunken manner , whatever their National Origins , are is very concerning.. Somehow it must be stopped. But they have failed to stop this behaviour in Magaluf.
So, they arrive, spend ALL their money on booze and ZERO on anything else, sleep on the beach, and then return to their home country some 24 - 48 hours later... At least some of the above sounds rather exaggerated and implausible, don't you think?