Magaluf tourists to be banned from drinking on the streets

Police will have powers to seize drinks from tourists on the street. Credit: REUTERS/Enrique Calvo

Holidaymakers are set to be banned from drinking on the streets of Magaluf this summer.

Town hall bosses in the Majorcan resort hope the new rules will prevent the drunken sex scandals that gave the resort a bad name last year.

Under the new proposals, expected to be introduced from May 1, police will have powers to seize drinks from tourists on the street between 10pm and 8am.

There will also be drastic restrictions to the pub crawls which led to headlines after a teenage Northern Irish girl was filmed performing sex acts on two dozen men at a Magaluf bar.

Tourists pictured on the Punta Ballena strip in Magaluf. Credit: Alex Diaz/PA Wire

Organisers will be banned from promoting drinking and sex games in their publicity, and will only be allowed to stage one bar crawl per day between 8pm and midnight for a maximum of 20 people.

Shops will also be unable to sell alcohol between midnight and 8am.

Anyone taking part in or encouraging "balconing", a craze which sees tourists jump from their hotel balconies, will be fined.

"Balconing" has led to several deaths in Spain in recent years.