British holidaymakers hoping for a Majorca getaway next summer could be out of luck after the island is set to clamp down on seasonal tourists.
The island's director of tourism said tourists will instead be encouraged to visit outside of the summer season in a bid to promote out-of-season activities.
Instead of heading to party at resorts such as Magaluf for a week or sun-soaked, booze-filled fun, visitors will be encouraged to enjoy more cultural activities.
Lucia Escribano, Director of Tourism, said the island was "not interested in having the budget tourists from the UK."
He added: "We are trying to encourage tourists to visit outside the summer season to enjoy sports or our cultural attractions and museums.
“We want to focus more on out-of-season activities than sun and beaches.”
The plans come amid concerns of overcrowding as the island's council looks at ways to tackle lower-quality hotels and summer tourism businesses such as clubs and bars, reports The Sun.
Escribano said the island wants to attract "quality over quantity" and aims to cut down on the 300,000 hotel beds currently available.
Hotels will also only be granted permission to make upgrades, such as a spa or new restaurant, if they agree to lower the amount of beds offered.
Escribano even went as far to say tourism bodies "don't care" if holidaymakers choose to visit Greece or Turkey instead.
Mallorca has experienced an unprecedented summer due to the lifting of coronavirus travel restrictions with hotels and streets full to the brim.
But the boom has brought with it new complaints of "tourist massification" which politicians want to get rid of. Tourism leaders say they want quality rather than quantity and also aim to stamp out rowdy behaviour.
Island president Catalina Cladera said: “We want tourism of greater value and less volume and the new tourism law marks the roadmap with the moratorium and the blocking of new places.
"I will not deny it, this summer there has been overcrowding in some points and in punctual moments," she said.
The president also announced that they will increase the staff of tourist inspectors, adding five workers to the 15 that the council currently has after the transfer of tourist management powers by the Government in January.
She also confirmed they will reinforce the processing of sanctions to be more "effective in compliance." In the last nine months, almost 1,900 inspections have been carried out against the illegal offer of tourist accommodation, which has led to the initiation of some 500 acts of infraction.
