More than 100 boozy revellers fined in Magaluf for having sex in public or stripping in the street
Police issued 18 sex fines in June when Magaluf is busiest with partying young Brits bent on having raucous fun in the sun -four in July and 12 last month
MORE than 100 people have been fined by police so far this year in Magaluf for having sex in public or stripping off in the street.
Police issued 18 sex fines in June when Magaluf is busiest with partying young Brits bent on having raucous fun in the sun -four in July and 12 last month.
Fines for by-law offenders caught naked or semi-naked in the street were also heaviest in June - 34 compared to 18 in July and seven last month.
Only six people were penalised for stripping off outside of the high season, according to figures released today by council chiefs in Calvia which is the municipality covering Magaluf and its quieter neighbour Palmanova.
And only two people were caught having sex in the street before June, showing the seedy practice soars when British holidaymakers flock to the area and mix alcohol and often drugs in Magaluf’s notorious party strip Punta Ballena.
The year’s total so far for public sex and nudity fines now stands at 101 - as the local authorities crack down on boozy behaviour.
Officials say Calvia Council coffers benefited by nearly £15,000 in June, July and August because nearly a third of offenders, mostly tourists, decided to pay up immediately.
No breakdown of nationalities, or details on exactly where the fines were levied, were made available, although most are thought to have been written out in Magaluf.
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A council spokesman said of the fines, halved if they are paid on the spot: “Local police have collected 229 fines immediately related to anti-social behaviour in public including among other things the consumption of alcohol or drugs, nudity or having sex.
“The percentage of fines collected on the spot was 28.8 per cent, representing a total of €16, 350 (£14,900) during the summer months.
“The fines paid immediately carry a 50 per cent reduction on the stipulated amount, the same as if they’re paid in ten days.
“In that time-period, nudity is fined with €100 (£91) and the consumption of drugs or sex in public €300 (£273).
A police source said: “We’re taking a zero-tolerance approach to this kind of anti-social behaviour, which is unacceptable and ruins holidays for decent people.”
Magaluf - nicknamed Sh*galuf - has long held a reputation for attracting young Brits seeking cheap drink and casual sex.
In 2014 locals were outraged when a video of a young woman performing sex acts on dozens of strangers in a nightclub in the resort went viral.
It was reported that women were being offered free drinks for winning sex competitions in nightclubs.
In June Calvia’s mayor told the British tourists hurting his town hall’s attempts to improve Magaluf’s image “we don’t want you here” as he called on party bars to do away with "Happy Hours".
Alfonso Rodriguez Badal said the idea that the worst tourist is "the one that doesn’t come" needed to be consigned to history.
And he called on bar owners in areas like Magaluf party strip Punta Ballena to stop offering alcohol at knockdown prices and commit to ongoing efforts to reconvert the holiday hotspot.
In a hard-hitting opinion piece published by a local paper, Mr Rodriguez Badal said: “Resistance to change must be defeated.
“We cannot allow ourselves to maintain offers anchored in the past of ‘Everything goes’ and or in the mantra that ‘the worst tourist is the one who doesn’t come'.
“There are tourists who would be best off not coming if all they’re looking for is the sort of debauchery which is banned where they’re from.”
Figures released in July showed the total number of hotel guests expelled from establishments in Magaluf and Palmanova since 2010 stood at a staggering 1257.
The Palmanova-Magaluf Hotel Association confirmed the vast majority of the offenders were British and virtually all had been kicked out of hotels in Magaluf which is the rowdier of the two resorts.
Association president Sebastian Darder said the only year when the percentage of Brits kicked out has dipped below 80 per cent was in 2015 when they made up 75 per cent of the 116 people asked to leave.
Even then Brits topped the list of shame, as they have every year since 2010 when expulsions began.
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