If you weren’t sunning yourself on a Mediterranean holiday last August, you were certainly reading about the young people who were; not just the Joey Essexes and Justin Biebers out in Ibiza, but the revelers enjoying boozy nights in Magaluf. Footage filmed at one such night, Carnage, resulted in the world-wide shaming of one girl for giving 24 men blowjobs at a club in a sort of half-organised sex-for-booze stunt.
While the rest of us might be wondering how we change a culture where one girl gets in more trouble than all of the 24 guys she gave a blink-and-miss-it bit of head to put together, Magluf authorities have another idea. Or three.
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The first? Holidaymakers will be banned from drinking alcohol on the street between 10pm and 8am. Police will be allowed to confiscate even soft drinks if they can’t be sure they’re not half-filled with spirits.
Secondly? From May 1st, firms will only be allowed to stage one bar crawl a day between 8pm and midnight. And each bar crawl can only be held for a maximum of 20 people (as opposed to the town-swathing bar crawls that Carnage and the like put on). Plus, flyers are not allowed to refer to alcohol consumption or sex games.
Thirdly? Shops won’t be allowed to sell booze from midnight to 8am. Oh, and the rules come after local hoteliers, nightclub owners, police and taxi drivers have had their say.
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A town hall spokesman said, reports The Mirror: ‘The common aim here is none other than reaching agreements that give maximum guarantees over the security and quality of services tourists to Magaluf receive.’
You might think these rules are a bit strict, and yeah, part of us feels a bit for the young people who’ve had their holiday to Magaluf booked since September and changed their Twitter bios to ‘maga 15’. But, clearly, Spanish authorities and locals alike can’t be bothered with the behaviour of those on the Maga ‘strip’. In short, the behaviour of boozy kids abroad is why we can’t have nice things.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.