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'The Balearics street drinking rules are a classic government own goal – and totally unworkable'

Destinations
Martin Makepeace
14 May 2024

San Antonio local and former travel industry professional Martin Makepeace, who has lived in Ibiza since the early 90s, takes aim at the British press’s response to changes to existing street drinking laws in the Balearics.

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There are 100 open cases currently in Ibiza where landlords face being blocked from the site (Credit: iStock)

"The sale of alcohol will be totally banned between 9.30pm and 8am in areas of ‘excessive tourism’ in Majorca and Ibiza, under a new decree passed by the government of Spain’s Balearic Islands."

This is typical of the latest negative headlines to hit the UK press about Ibiza [following further minor changes to the island’s public drinking laws]. But it’s far from the reality.