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Mallorca residents complain German tourists are now as boozy and badly-behaved as the Brits

By Walter Finch

EXASPERATED Mallorca residents are complaining that the ‘Brits abroad’ mentality has spread to Germans and other nationalities when they holiday on the island.

Locals residing in the picturesque resort of Arenal had long singled out Brits as the ‘worst’ culprits for misbehaviour. But now they have noticed

Germans, Dutch, and even fellow Spaniards getting up to similar loutish escapades.

Alain Carbonell, vice-president of the Arenal residents association explained: “The Germans that used to come here had a specific way of behaving - they would always eat well, not mix their drinks, and drug use was limited.

“Now Palma Beach has been ‘Magalufised’. The Germans

Fatal Mistake

POLICE have charged the skipper of a boat with reckless homicide after he fatally ran over a woman while she was swimming at Cala Salada in Arta.

The 33-year-old Indian victim was on holiday with two friends and decided to spend the day sailing on a hired boat. They moored to take a dip, but when they decided to sail on the skipper reversed the craft without making sure that there was no one in the water.

The craft struck the woman causing serious injuries that resulted in her death.

Police say the skipper did not have a licence or professional qualifications to take paying passengers.

how now do exactly what the Brits do.

“They throw themselves from balconies, they keep mixing their drinks all day, and use drugs.

“As a result, they fall asleep in people’s gardens, and they are being robbed.

“There are people vomiting all over the place while others use rubbish bins as toilets.

“After partying they go through people’s houses, trying to find their hotels, they shout, they sing, they destroy traffic signs.

“They are like crazy, it’s insufferable.

“We all live off tourism but we don’t want this kind of tourism.”

Situated between Palma and

Llucmajor, Arenal has found itself increasingly popular as an alternative to Magaluf.

Accordingly, it also suffers from binge drinking, public disturbances, public nudity, and even partygoers doing number-twos in front gardens.

From March to September, the seaside resort transforms into a non-stop party destination.

Locals have to witness the mayhem day and night, including tourists on wild 48hour benders, often opting to sleep on the streets or beach rather than securing accommodation.

Residents are now calling for action from authorities to clamp down on the influx of 24-hour tourists and raise the standards of tourism in Arenal.

A 37-YEAR-OLD British tourist died from a heart attack in his Arenal d’en Castell hotel bedroom in Menorca on Wednesday morning. The man started to have breathing difficulties during the early morning and his girlfriend contacted emergency services. Paramedics and a doctor arrived at the hotel and unsuccessfully started resuscitation procedures. No further information has been released.

Blind eye

The Playa de Palma Federation of Hoteliers has criticised Palma City Hall for turning a blind eye to the holiday chaos which warrants improved security and cleanliness at the establishments.

The Hoteliers president, José Antonio Fernández, says the proper services ‘are non-existent despite the reinforcements that have been announced.’ Palma’s 115 establishments are vulnerable to the increasingly unruly crowd of German tourists, some of whom have made headlines this season with their drunken acts, ranging from theft to assault.