A 33-year-old British man died this Thursday after falling from the seventh floor of a hotel in the tourist town of Magaluf., on the Spanish island of Mallorca (Mediterranean). According to sources from the emergency service, the health care that came to the scene He tried to save his life, but his injuries were fatal.
The event occurred in the morning local time in this town of Mallorca, an island that, like the rest of the Mediterranean archipelago of the Balearic Islands, is one of the main destinations in Spain for many European tourists like the British. The Regional Government of the Balearic Islands and the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Spainlaunched last week the third edition of a campaign against excess tourism on the islands, to raise awareness about dangerous and prohibited practices. One of them is the "balcony", jump from balconies, which a regional law punishes with expulsion from the hotel and fines of up to 60,000 euros. The campaign began in 2019 precisely in Magaluf, after several deaths from this practice occurred on the islands.