Majorca to monitor UK tourists' phones on beaches in strict new crackdown

Majorca will limit the number of Brit tourists and UK holidaymakers on beaches using creepy tech in a shock new crackdown. The Balearic Island, which is neighboured by the likes of Menorca and Ibiza, has announced they will now be using a creepy technology to keep an eye on tourists.

Majorca has launched a fresh set of rules to crackdown on Brit tourists flooding Spanish beaches involving phone tracking. Rather than relying on perceptions of overcrowding, the government wants to be able to quantify this with data.

By calculating this, the aim will be to manage the peaks of occupancy in the future. The pilot project will focus on one particular beach. This hasn't been identified but it is thought that it will be a non-urban beach that does typically attract high numbers.

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The data will be provided by measuring the number of phones. Majorca Daily Bulletin reported: "This management could include enhancing public transport in given areas or adopting restrictive measures along the lines of the June to September traffic restrictions on the Formentor peninsula."

It has also earmarked Es Trenc in Campos, Cala Varques in Manacor and Caló des Moro in Santanyi as beaches where the pilot could take place. The island hosts all sorts of events, including agricultural fairs in the spring and autumn, live music and DJs in the summer, religious fiestas and international sporting events.

Some of the most popular are the Mallorca 312 cycling race in April, the Copa del Rey sailing regatta in July and the Moors vs Christians mock battle in September. It comes amid growing tensions in the Balearics and Canary Islands amid an influx of Brits.

Residents across the Balearic Islands - which include Majorca and Ibiza -showed their support for the Canary Islands protesters, who took to the streets in their thousands on Saturday.- Organisers in Tenerife said 80,000 people joined the protests under the slogan: “The Canary Islands have a limit.”