Overview

• Local police have begun fining tourists up to €750 for purchasing items such as counterfeit sunglasses from unlicensed street vendors.
• The crackdown targets the ‘Top-Manta’ network of illegal sellers whose operations evade taxes and undercut local retailers.
• Visitors are being urged to shop only at certified outlets and to insist on official receipts to avoid steep penalties.
• Mallorca is bracing for record visitor numbers in 2025, prompting the Balearic government to raise the overnight stay tax to €5.85 per person per night.
• New regulations bar towel-based sunbed reservations, prohibit alcohol sales from 9:30 p.m. to 8 a.m., and ban party boats within one nautical mile of shore.