Ibiza and Mallorca have had enough of rowdy tourists.

If you ’ve sat through intimate group meeting to determine the next friends ' trip destination for the summertime ( and if the grouping ’s vibe was party - oriented ) , someone doubtlessly suggested Spain ’s Balearic Islands . It ’s no enigma that if you want to party hard on your European summertime holiday , Ibiza is probably the lieu for you .

But now party central is in reality turn it down a notch — and for a good cause . In an effort to curbovertourismand promote a healthier , more responsible kind of tourism , the local governance of Spain ’s Balearic Islands just harbinger a relatively strict alcohol ban in advance of the busy summer time of year .

Do n’t interest ; you ’ll still be able to drink your mojito at the saloon , but you wo n’t be able to do so on the street unless you ’re willing to pay up a brawny amercement of up to € 1,500 , which is just about $ 1,623 . AsEuronewsreports , fines can even go up to € 3,000 , or just about $ 3,245 , if the deportment is " particularly riotous . " The street drinking forbiddance , however , practice to holidaymaker hot spot in both Ibiza and Mallorca , but commissioned areas are unaffected by it .

Aerial view of the sea coastline and Cala Xinxell, Illetas, Mallorca island, Spain

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This way , the government hopes to prevent all subject touch on to unruly demeanour due to unregulated drinking , which can also negatively feign local areas , private properties , and the general quality of living . AsThrillist previously reported , the presence of too many tourists is a real issue , and it can damage watershed and top to a ecumenical overcrowding of minute road , among other problems .

On top of banning street drink , the new police force also affects inebriant sales . As per the young rules , which are a modification to a 2020 decree to curb overtourism , overnight alcohol gross sales are now banish in some specific locations , including Llucmajor , Palma , Calvia ( Magaluf ) in Mallorca and Sant Antoni in Ibiza . But ease assured ; this rule is only valid for shop and does not apply to prevention , eating place , and club .

This is not the first instance a renowned party metropolis pumped the brake on intoxicant ingestion and rumbustious tourer behavior . Last yr , Amsterdam famously launch a campaigntargeting untested and rowdy British tourists , obstreperously harbinger that " coming to Amsterdam for a mussy night + getting trashed " would necessitate a € 140 fine .