Calls for powers to shut down bars in Mallorca
Hoteliers want councils to take drastic action
Fears that Playa de Palma is getting out of control. | Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Palma09/07/2022 09:37
The Playa de Palma Hotel Association has asked Palma City Council and Llucmajor Town Hall to ask the Council of Mallorca for more powers to enforce the law against excessive tourism.
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@stan Mallorca is 3600 sq km, has the largest number of luxury accommodations in Spain, and the vast majority of it is open and active year round. Magaluf is 2 sq km at best, has none of the luxury accommodations, and is basically boarded up from the first of November. It's a dot on the Southwest coast. Yet in its season, has the highest crime rate and the highest number of fights, accidents, medical emergencies and deaths. It's not a moneymaker for Mallorca. Not even close. Will they clean it up? Or just move their money elsewhere? If this continues, I'll bet on the latter.
As always it's never going to happen.
There's little point in investing millions if it's determined to continue as a downmarket resort. Along with the hoteliers, the authorities have certainly exhibited the will to raise standards and attract a better quality of tourist, but the perception that it's a "free for all" is hard to defeat. Luckily, it's just a dot on the Southwest coast. For most Brits, however, it's the only thing they know about Mallorca, and naturally find it irresistibly attractive. And that's perhaps why there's so much grassroots resistance to elevating it to a more upmarket resort. It certainly has the potential. But they'll need to radically change the perception. And it costs serious money to upgrade and market to a different demographic. But they're trying...
The Youth of today will find ways to circumvent any closure or restriction. I wish the whole lot of these Urbanisations Could be closed down. Their very bad reputations attract the drunken drugged up Youths . This is not what Mallorca should condone . But they bring millions of euros to the Islands and its businesses.
Just out of interest is the sale of alcohol banned in hotels in Arenal between 9.30pm and 8am as well? Or is the sale of alcohol ok as long as it is the hotels making money out of it!