How your Spanish holiday could be quite different this year — and why that matters
Iberian coasts and islands have long been popular destinations for partying holidaymakers. As Britons, in particular, prepare to descend on Spain over the summer months in search of sun, sea, and sangria, a flurry of recent headlines suggest that quite what that tourist experience looks like is set to change significantly.
Hotels in Malaga are reportedly being fitted with noise detectors to clamp down on unruly hen and stag parties visiting the seaside town. The authorities in San Sebastian, henceforth, have said they will start charging tourists for sea rescues, if their behavior is found to have been reckless. Elsewhere, urinating in the sea at Vigo, barbecuing on the beach at Salobreña, and unruly drunken behavior in Palma will all see the ill-behaved tourists in question incur hefty fines and, potentially, an early ride home.
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