The Spanish resort slapping a ban on ¡°vulgar¡± stag and hen parties
Moj¨¢car's town council says it's ¡°sick and tired¡± of revelers sporting phallic tiaras and inflatable dolls
Moj¨¢car, a major tourist resort in Almer¨ªa, wants an end to what it calls the ¡°vulgarity¡± typically associated with bachelor and bachelorette parties.
From now on, the Mediterranean town will no longer tolerate the public exhibition of ¡°phallic tiaras¡± or ¡°unbecoming behavior with inflatable sex dolls.¡±
A Socialist spokesman calls the initiative ¡°a factory for destroying future tourists¡±
The city council has just approved an ordinance addressing behavior in public spaces and is also banning the practice of walking around the streets in bathing trunks with no shirt, a practice popular with many tourists. Outright nudity is also specifically prohibited.
But it¡¯s the stag and hen parties that have drawn the most ire from local officials.
¡°We¡¯re sick and tired of seeing inflatable dolls and phallic tiaras. We don¡¯t want that kind of obscene behavior in our town,¡± said Mayor Rosa Mar¨ªa Cano, of the conservative Popular Party (PP).
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Bachelor parties themselves are not being banned, she noted, adding: ¡°That would be undemocratic.¡±
Instead, Cano said the aim of the new rules is to make these celebrations compatible with family tourism, since bachelor parties ¡°begin at noon in places where there are children present.¡±
Anybody breaching the regulations will be subject to fines of between €100 and €300, although if the rules are broken in crowded areas where there are children or in buildings under landmark protection, the fine could be as steep as €1,000.
The ordinance was rejected by all three opposition groups in the council. Manuel Zamora, a Socialist (PSOE) spokesman, called the local council ¡°a factory for destroying tourism.¡±
¡°Anybody fined for wearing a bathing suit on the street would find it so ridiculous and unfair they would never return here,¡± said Zamora. ¡°And then they will tell everyone about it and the news will spread like wildfire, and people considering coming to Moj¨¢car will go somewhere else.¡±
English version by Susana Urra.
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