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THE MAYOR OF Calvià, the Mallorca region which covers the popular resort of Magaluf, has passed a new law giving authorities tighter control over controversial tourist pub crawls.
The move comes after a recent incident in which an 18-year-old woman from Northern Ireland was filmed performing sex acts on a group of men during a bar crawl organised by the company Carnage Magaluf.
Announcing the clamp-down yesterday, Calvià mayor Manuel Onieva took the opportunity to express his “total rejection and anger at the activities which were carried out in a video which is currently on the social media circuit.”
Onieva also confirmed that a police investigation into the incident is under way.
In a statement yesterday, he laid out the terms of the new restrictions:
Each pub crawl guide will have to wear a specific jacket so local police can monitor those operating in the region and identify those that have been approved.Pub crawl groups can now not exceed more than 50 people and if any operators exceed this legal capacity, they will be fined.
The law is set to come into effect later this month.
Despite attracting hundreds of thousands of British and Irish tourists each year, the image of the Calvia region has been hit in recent years by Magaluf’s reputation for binge-drinking and public disorder.
The region’s tourism board has even taken on the services of London-based PR company KBC, since 2012, in order to clean up its image in the UK.
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Pub crawl groups can’t exceed 50, christ how many were on them before
At least 25
I worked in Gran Canaria for a summer, more often then not they are 100+ and more than one company running them.
Magaluf Shagaluf! Do you really want your sons and daughters doing their post leaving cert break there?
What a terribly graphic comment Mr Eye!
Eye c u
Wayyyyyy too much info ffs
Sure I did. :)
Yeah all those doses of the Karsashuans and drunk Geordies getting STDs, teenage mommy dramas etc on the TV have done wonders for their IQs, that is not to speak for all of our youth but a good deal alright especially the ones going off to magaluf and the like.
Fill a couple of hundred 18 year olds up with alcohol and let them lose on a holiday resort and see how smart they are
*Kardashians
At least James you’ve graduated to Vice news you’re a big boy now. :)
Woohoo
Not yourself Mr Murphy lol, that was for eye_c_u resident fruitbat has a couple of pseudonyms for his batshit crazy comments. :)
Post leaving cert holiday? There are plenty of spuds that need picking, bedsits in Rathmines aren’t cheap
When I was their age I went somewhere far more civilized. It was called santa ponsa …
Classy Irish and British boys and girls as usual.
What would garth brooks do….
He would phone bear grylls for advice on how to survive 5 nites in a row
Tour groups would have to consist of at least 400,000 drunk 18 year olds or they’d be cancelled.
Listen, a month in the saharah is far easier than a week in majorca for an 18 year old irish fella. That should be bear grylls next special.
Who gives a shite about that Stetson wearing cry baby
Re: the person above promoting the idea of name and shame. Only a month or so an Irishman living in Australia committed suicide after being publicly shamed in the reporting of an embarrassing incident and the following court case.
Sad. She & Slane girl could have benefited from that selfiecop.com app :(
“Mum, Dad; I’m off to Magaluf with 25 or so of my teenage mates for a week”
“That’s fine dear, behave yourself now you little rapscallion. If in doubt be sure to ask the Mayor of Magaluf or perhaps another high ranking public servant how you should behave.”
That is how parenting works I believe.
Young people Drink too much & act inappropriately Shocker!!
They could do what the Dutch police have being doing off the books for ages. Give them the choice of being charged with everything on the books or be driven to the airport where they pay for the next flight home.
Enough of these wh@res!! Name and shame!! “Oh but we can’t because she might harm herself”!!!!
I’m sorry but by this way of thinking you can do just about anything and get away with it scot free!! When I was in my teens we were fooling around but not in front of everybody at a bar!! Disgusting!! Every year the bar is being lowered and lowered.. Soon we’ll be in the gutter wondering how we got there.. Name and shame!!
Name and shame? For what purpose? So she can be publicly harassed and demonised, or do you propose that the men involved are named too?
Of course name the guy involved!! This should never be tolerated! Under no exception!!
We live in a society where it’s acceptable to get drunk out of your mind and be aggressive towards anyone in your path.. It’s ok to be off your face on class A drugs in public places day or night.. It’s normal to see someone shooting up on a bus..
We did this to ourselves, we allowed this happen. It became a common occurrence and now it’s everywhere.
So when I say name and shame I mean it otherwise Saturday night on the town will turn into a whole different animal. Instead of guys pissing at a wall it’ll be bjs in the corner. Enough is enough!!
What exactly do you think that would accomplish? I agree with a lot of what you say in the post above but ‘shaming’ people isn’t the answer.
If you shame the culprits maybe that would be enough of a deterrent to stop anyone else trying. Kids are always pushing boundaries but there has to be a cutoff point that you just never cross!
Not getting my point are you? Shaming does nothing other than demonise the people involved, it won’t address or change the culture that you’re talking about, which has little to do with shooting up on buses by the way. Because something doesn’t fit with your personal morality doesn’t mean that it’s either wrong or worthy of being opened up in a public forum.
and you’ve never done anything embarrassing and stupid ever.
Of course I have but not like this.. Sorry but when I was a teen we went knacker drinking with cider in the back fields. We weren’t getting blow jobs in a bar by some drunk girl!!
Micheal you sound like a bleeden mullah!
You’ve some perverted outlook if you want to publish in public where people decide put a penis.
What then? Public stoning?
If they break public decency laws then we have things in place for those situations.
Magaluf.Same as it ever was.
Praise the gods there was no video recording phones when I was a teenager
How the hell do they define a “pub crawl”? How do you distinguish between a pub crawl and groups moving from one pub to another not part of a pub crawl as such? Will be hard to argue.
Sorry Diarmuid I totally agree but it doesn’t seem to be getting through to the kids. No one seems to be shocked by this anymore. Why?
I girl and 29 bjs has to spoil it for every1 else!
“The region’s tourism board has even taken on the services of London-based PR company KBC, since 2012, in order to clean up its image in the UK”
Bet you they are a lot cleaner that our KBC.
Cleaning up the image is nice – but ultimately pointless without cleaning up the actuality.
I live in Cyprus for a number of yrs in Limassol . Cypriot men look down on British and Irish women . They where seen as easy and fair game . For 6 months of the yr during the tourist season Cypriot men would go down to the strip as it was call and take there pick of the girls . The girls of course where flatter by the attention of foreign men not realising that they where just the next one on the list . Cypriot women of course where never to be seen anywhere near the strip . The men would never let them near the place .
Ah ffs :
1)are the Cypriot men total pigs
2)is it possible the Irish and British women wanted an easy lay?
3)are Cypriot women unable to choose for themselves whether to visit the strip?
Seriously, examine your world view.
So what you’re all saying is we just ignore it? Turn a blind eye?
Michael, naming and shaming will not work, this all has to do with parenting,kids need to be taught to have more respect for themselves, boys to be taught to treat girls with respect, and girls to have more respect for themselves. pier pressure today is huge so parents should also be teaching their kids that it’s ok not to follow the crowd, not to drink if you dont want to, and to walk away from a situation if your not comfortable, while also educating them on the dangers of alcohol and how a picture instantly gets uploaded for the World to see.
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