Brit holiday warning as top Spain tourist hotspot just days away from major crackdown to last all summer
BRITS heading to a top Spanish holiday destination are being warned of a major crackdown on tourists in the city.
Authorities in Palma are looking to stamp out excessive boozing and will flood the Majorcan capital with cops within days.
Officers will be patrolling around the clock to tackle antisocial behaviour, with the operation lasting from next Monday until October 15.
The extra police officers are being readied to clamp down on rowdy holidaymakers and slap fines on venues breaking rules.
According to authorities, some of the main issues are illegal massages, street vending, street drinking, pub crawls and noise pollution, reports .
Those who ignore orders can be hit with fines ranging from €100 to €3,000 (£89 - £2,660).
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And bar owners and shopkeepers can be stung with fines up to an eyewatering €600,000 (£531,600) if they dish out too much alcohol.
It comes as Barcelona cracks down on day-tripping holidaymakers, calling them a "plague of locusts".
In 2019, a record number of more than two million cruise ship tourists visited the city,
However, Barcelona deputy mayor Janet Sanz slammed the cruisers, saying they don't spend any money and don't contribute to the area.
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New rules want to cap cruise ship arrivals to just three ships a day, working out to 200,000 passengers a month - compared to the current 400,000 a month.
Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands, will also be limiting the number of cruise ships arriving on the island.
It comes as a party beach that Brits flock to every year is to close for the whole summer due to fears its crumbling cliffs could collapse.