Magaluf: Large group of tourists party on Punta Ballena strip

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The resort town on the Spanish island of Mallorca was packed with young British and French tourists who reportedly clashed with local police in the early hours of Sunday for failing to comply with coronavirus restrictions.

According to the Mallorcan newspaper Ultima Hora, tourists even threw pepper spray cans at some passersby, with one of the most unpleasant moments coming when a British tourist apparently climbed onto the roof of a moving car and fell to the ground, at which point, his companions surrounded the vehicle and began to shake it violently.

Police officers were forced to intervene, charging against the youths who quickly dispersed.

Some of them moved to the beach where they continued to drink until the police also put a stop to the prohibited behaviour.

The British government has lamented and rejected Saturday night’s riots.

According to local paper Ara Balears, the Consul General of the United Kingdom in Catalonia, Aragon, Andorra and the Balearic Islands, Lloyd Millen said: “It’s sad, but there are many fewer than in other years.

“A night like this is too much; we don’t want it.”

He added that the Balearic government “has made an effort to control this tourism.”

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Mr Millen has also supported the work the police are doing to prevent these lagging images.

“Government measures to control the sale of alcohol and bar opening hours are welcome,” he commented.

The consul recalled that the United Kingdom and the Government are working together to raise awareness among young British tourists visiting the Islands about the restrictions in place.

Mr Millen has not advanced whether they will change their COVID-19 traffic light because there are still three weeks to review it.

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schedule do not have to do the forty-day quarantine on returning to England.

As a precautionary measure, however, Britons returning from Spain should undergo a PCR test.

The Balearic and British governments are working together to extend the tourist season until November.

“I have never understood why the season is so short,” he said, ironically that it is colder in his country in the autumn and that many compatriots would be willing to continue travelling to the Islands during the autumn.

Mr Millen also noted that the epidemiological situation in his country is improving because the “secret” to opening up is that the population is being vaccinated.

“We need to keep working to keep vaccination figures high,” he said.

The Consul and the Minister Counsellor of the United Kingdom Embassy in Spain, Sarah Cowley, met with the Prime Minister, Francina Armengol this Monday at the Consulate to discuss the situation of the coronavirus and the plans of the Balearic Executive to prolong the season.

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