Six drinks, restrictions and balcony jumps: how Spain is trying to save tourists... from themselves

Every summer a small transformation happens across Europe.

Yesterday someone was sitting under grey skies counting the days until vacation.

Alarm clock. Work. Coffee. Home. Work. Home.

A few hours later the same person is standing beside the Mediterranean.

Palm trees. Sea. Music. A warm evening. A cold drink in hand.

Then a dangerous thought appears:

“I’m free.”

Sometimes this is where problems begin.

Spain has spent years fighting what is officially called excess tourism behaviour.

Behind the term are real issues:

• night fights;

• excessive drinking;

• noise until morning;

• police interventions;

• complaints from residents;

• property damage;

• injuries and accidents.

Six drinks and that is all

In some Balearic tourist areas certain all-inclusive hotels apply:

• maximum 6 alcoholic drinks per day;

• usually 3 at lunch and 3 at dinner.

There are also:

• Happy Hour restrictions;

• pub crawl limits;

• nighttime alcohol restrictions;

• fines of up to 3000 euros for drinking in public.

Spain even had to invent a word

Balconing

A Hospital Son Espases study found:

• 95.6% had consumed alcohol;

• 37% used other substances;

• 97.8% were men;

• average age: 24;

• 61% were British tourists;

• 86.9% were falls rather than jumps.

Behind the statistics are real lives.

Sometimes it looks funny... until you live nearby

A friend living in a coastal urbanization says summer follows a timetable.

19:00 — a new group arrives.

22:00 — balcony conversations get louder.

00:00 — someone says:

“What if we use the pool for just a minute?”

02:00 — philosophical discussions begin.

03:00 — someone starts searching for a missing friend.

Meanwhile, neighbours remember they have work in a few hours.

The funny thing is that at seven in the evening they were perfectly normal people.

Then came the combination:

• heat;

• alcohol;

• euphoria;

• freedom;

• the desire to enjoy everything at once.

Maybe the problem is not only Spain

Modern life often becomes:

work → stress → waiting for vacation

Then people try to fit three months of living into one week.

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Fortunately this is only a joke.

Because gravity never takes holidays.

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