Spain, Majorca: Booze curbed and 'balconing' banned in notorious town of Magaluf

Holidaymakers will be banned from drinking on the streets of the Majorcan resort of Magaluf this summer.

The destination, which caters largely for the British and European package holiday market, gained notoriety last year after a young British woman performed sex acts on two dozen men in exchange for alcohol.

Local authorities have introduced new rules designed to prevent more drunken sex scandals.

Under the new proposals, expected to be introduced from May 1, police will have powers to seize drinks from tourists on the street between 10pm and 8am.

There will also be drastic restrictions to the pub crawls.

Organisers will be banned from promoting drinking and sex games in their publicity, and will only be allowed to stage one bar crawl per day between 8pm and midnight for a maximum of 20 people.

Meanwhile, shops will not be able to sell alcohol between midnight and 8am.

And there will be fines for anyone taking part in or encouraging "balconing", a craze where tourists jump from their hotel balconies which has led to several deaths in Spain in recent years.

Last year a 21-year-old woman from Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, made headlines by agreeing to perform sex acts on 24 men during a pub crawl on the Punta Ballena strip.