Brits offered ground-floor rooms in Magaluf

Hoteliers on the Majorcan resort of Magaluf are checking Brits into ground-floor rooms in a bid to reduce the number of deaths from balcony falls.

The move is one of a number of initiatives to improve the resort’s reputation, including clamping down on all-day drinking and pub crawls, according to the Times.

A spokesman for the Magaluf Hoteliers Association said: "We try to put young guests in ground-floor rooms when possible to avoid any accidents from falls. We have also put higher barriers on the front of balconies."

Three Britons have been fined €600 each for ‘balconing’, the practice of crossing from one balcony to another and police have handed out 1,462 fines in the first half of the year for various anti-social offences.