The new regulation, which also prohibits recreational machines such as kickboxer being on terraces, is the latest town hall measure designed to tackle drunken tourism. Retailers disagree with it, maintaining that they (and their displays) are not the cause of drunkenness and anti-social behaviour. They put the blame squarely on all-inclusive hotels. One of the shop owners who spoke out last week, Toni Homar, said that the town hall wants to benefit the hoteliers and not the non-hotel sector, such as the shops.
Shop interiors will also have to be reorganised. From the end of the year it will be necessary to have a separate section for alcohol that can be closed off and hidden during the hours when the sale of alcohol is not allowed, i.e. from midnight to eight in the morning. Notices will have to be put up inside shops, informing customers of the hours when the sale of alcohol is permitted.
A town hall statement yesterday explained that this measure follows the start of a process of closing down establishments offering prostitution. The statement added that the town hall has asked the regional government for regulation of alcohol in all-inclusives and also for a ban on bar promotions such as two for one and happy hours.
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Shop owners like Toni Homar are wrong to blame A/I hotels the reason his does NOT want the ban is that it will hit his huge profits from the sale of warm & sometimes undrinkable beer. Like all shops in Magaluf that sell Beer/Spirits they need to show the drunks there wears it is totally wrong for them to have all this booze on display day & night well done Calvia
goodbye to more local owned shops -hello to wealthier all-inclusive chains......
As someone who first visited Magaluf as a 4 month old baby in 1967 I will be overjoyed if we can get back to the type of model that was evident in the 70s/80s. 'Development ' in Magaluf has been unplanned and uncontrolled for decades and the reduction in quality of life in the town has suffered because of it. If Calvia are finally going to help improve the situation they should be applauded.