Balearic Islands fear dangerous balconing fad is on the reboundA study shows that UK tourists are the most likely to try balconing in SpainThese tragic events have overshadowed the rebound in tourism set to flood the Spanish isles over the coming months, and the Balearic Islands government in particular is fearful that the lethal ‘balconing’ fad is making a comeback. Shocked by the volume of grievously injured Brits turning up in his emergency room, surgeon Juan José Segura Sampedro from the Son Espases hospital in Palma began investigating the causes, and his research led to three main conclusions among UK holidaymakers: balconing is a fad that most attracts men (97%), the young (an average of 24 years old) and people who are drunk at the time. “It is an alcohol-induced madness,” the expert summarised, who was later decorated by the Queen of England as a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his study and contribution to the prevention of this phenomenon. Quite aside from the deadly repercussions on holidaymakers themselves, such terrible accidents give the Spanish islands a reputation of being unsafe. “If people kill themselves, it does not give a good image,” UK ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott explained and urged Britons to “come, enjoy and don’t get hurt.”Image: Archive

Source: Libya Today May 19, 2022 04:44 UTC