In view of the sharply increasing corona numbers, stricter restrictions are expected to be imposed again on the popular holiday island of Mallorca.
In order to combat parties and drinking bouts, especially young people, in the open air, beaches and parks are to be closed from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the future.
The judiciary still has to approve the plans, as the Mallorca newspaper reported on Monday evening.
Participants in banned parties are threatened with fines of 1000 euros in the future.
If a party guest violates a quarantine by participating, the fine should increase to 2000 euros.
If the participant tested positive for Corona, even 5000 euros are due.
The organizers of illegal parties face fines of up to 100,000 euros.
Earlier closure of restaurants planned
Restaurants will also have to close a little earlier in the future, namely at 1 a.m. instead of 2 a.m.
A maximum of four people are allowed to sit at a table inside restaurants and eight outside.
According to the newspaper, only people who live in the same household are allowed to meet between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.
Hotel or finca guests who have checked in together should be considered one household.
The regional government waived the actually planned reintroduction of the mask requirement, which was abolished just under a month ago, after discussions with entrepreneurs and unions, as the newspaper reported.
However, it is strongly advised to voluntarily wear mouth and nose protection.
If a minimum distance of 1.5 meters from strangers cannot be maintained, the mask is again mandatory outdoors, in all indoor public spaces and in buses and trains anyway.
The corona numbers have risen sharply in the Balearic Islands, which in addition to Mallorca also include the islands of Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, as in all of Spain.
According to information from Monday evening, the seven-day incidence in the Balearic Islands climbed to 310, for the whole of Spain it was 323. In particular, many young people are currently infected with Sars-CoV-2.
Spain's tourism industry was pessimistic about the current summer season in view of the increasing numbers. There is a "sudden decline" in bookings by foreign holidaymakers, reported the state TV broadcaster RTVE on Saturday, citing the vice-president of the Spanish tourism association Exceltur, José Luis Zoreda. "If the corona numbers continue to worsen, we estimate that tourism will generate sales of 37.97 billion euros in this summer quarter, more than the 24.30 billion in the same period last year, but much less than the 58, 37 billion in 2019, "the station quoted the tourism manager as saying.
The industry had hoped for a much stronger recovery in business this summer due to the ongoing vaccination campaign. In normal times, tourism contributes more than twelve percent to the Spanish gross domestic product (GDP), on the holiday islands of the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands it is even around 35 percent. The industry secures hundreds of thousands of jobs.