Spanish Resort Makes New Rules to Stop Drunk Tourists

One of Majorca’s most popular party areas now bans people who are wearing football shirts from entering restaurants.

The summer holiday season just started, but business owners in Playa de Palma are already annoyed with drunk tourists. The business owners worked together to create a dress code for their bars and restaurants. Visitors have to follow the dress code or they will not be allowed to enter.

The list of banned clothing includes swimsuits, football shirts, and some accessories that tourists buy, like gold chains or big hats. If you take your football shirt off, you still cannot enter because shirtless people are not allowed.

So far, eleven restaurants in Playa de Palma, Spain are using these new rules. They have QR codes at the entrances of the restaurants so people can check what is allowed and what isn't allowed.

During the day, the rules will be a little more flexible. However, at night, the rules will be strict because that's when the tourists' behavior is worst.

Party Destinations Try to Stop Drunk Tourists

In 2020, the Balearic Islands started changing rules to crack down on drunk tourists. They want to support tourists that spend more money.

These new rules apply to resorts in Magaluf, Playa de Palma, and San Antonio in Ibiza. These are popular party destinations, but they now ban all-you-can-drink parties, bar crawls, and happy hours. The rules try to stop people from drinking too much alcohol.

The president of the Balaeric Islands, Francina Armengol, says that drunk tourism is "not welcome" there.

She says that they don't want those kinds of tourists and that it is not nice for local residents.

However, business owners in Playa de Palma think that the new rules to limit drunk tourists don't work.

The manager and chief executive of Playa de Palma said that there are still large groups of tourists who want to get drunk.