British tourist dies after falling from Magalluf balcony
Balcony safety campaign has recently been launched
The Guardia Civil are investigating the first balcony fall case this season. | Alejandro Sepúlveda
Palma12/05/2022 11:20
Just days after the British and Balearic authorities launched their annual balcony safety campaigns, tragedy has struck in Magalluf.
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Here we go again. Drink and/or - and I suspect and - drugs that people can't handle. There are a lot of dodgy designer drugs in circulation that seem to be driving people totally bonkers. Same every year. Not just the alcohol people.
STM - I've stayed in hotels all over the world and never once felt the urge to start climbing on balconies, even after a few drinks. The problem is with the type of tourists these resorts attract, not the hotels. It doesn't happen in Cala Millor, puerto pollenca, cala rajada etc. Only at resorts that have 'Brits on the piss'.
I suggested previously that British resort hotels could build cages around the balconies. Or at least have some number of "British" Rooms with caged balconies. That would be a type of British "exceptionsalism", wouldn't it? It's a feature! Something special just for Brits 😎
Zoltan Teglas. Many Hotel Balconies in Hotels are unsuitable. They are too close together. Causing the drunken fools to try and cross from one to the other. Will the Hotels modify these Balconys? NO!!! Also many are totally inadequate if Familys have small children. Modify them too? NO !!!
Another case of DB censorship. ( see the dutchman at malgrats) Go to the article in Ultima Hora and watch the whole thing on video. This guy did not look drunk to me, his movements are too precise. more like he was either on drugs or had a mental problem of some kind.
Tragic. I'm not aware of this being practiced by any other nationality. What is it with Brits and balconies?
Stan - it always seems to be young drunk people that fall off balconies, never anyone else, so I think it's clear that the balconies are not the problem.
How many more idiotic drunken fools will die this Summer , from falling off a Balcony? Mainly dopey British Youths or ignorant young men. Is there sufficient warning?. Are the Balconys not safe.? These deaths happen every Summer. Can they all be blamed on Alcohol?.