Blame Magaluf #blamemaga
2014 saw the world’s media literally camped out in the resort of Magaluf for the season reporting back on anything and everything happening in the town.
Now no one is saying Magaluf is innocent and the finger of blame has been rightly pointed in the past on many occasions but sometimes you can’t help but feel the obsession the press have with this place is slightly OTT!
It seems that anywhere in the world when sex or alcohol is in the news; the press (UK especially!) just can’t help but associate Magaluf with the story.
Someone naked in Hongkong? – #blamemaga
Drunk in Wales? – #blamemaga
Sex act in Mexico? – #blamemaga
Crisis in Syria?? – you get the point!
Here are 19 examples of Magaluf being thrown into stories; in many cases for no reason whatsoever!
1. Sex on the streets of Torrevieja – #blamemaga
“Torrevieja has become the new Magaluf.”
2. Drinking at Glastonbury – #blamemaga
“more like Magaluf than Worthy Farm”
3. Hens and Stags in quiet Irish town – #blamemaga
“Welcome to Carrick-on-Shannon, the town that makes Magaluf seem civilised”
4. ‘Wreck heads’ in Plymouth – #blamemaga
“Is Plymouth as bad as Magaluf”
5. Too many tourists in Barcelona – #blamemaga
“This has begun to look like Magaluf,”
6. Naked on the streets of Hong Kong – #blamemaga
“Brits go mad in Hong Kong’s Magaluf”
7. Sex act on stage in Mexico – #blamemaga
“Similar outrageous antics led to the closure of a bar in Magaluf,”
8. Getting naked in Malaga – #blamemaga
“Malaga likened to Magaluf after tourists get naked”
9. Posing in the nude on a Malaysian mountain – #blamemaga
Magaluf hits 2 out of the ‘top 5’
10. Youth unemployment – #blamemaga
“It’s probably best if you keep the holiday photos from Magaluf off your profile,”
11. Millionaires are not permitted to holiday in Magaluf! – #blamemaga
“Teenage Lottery Millionaire Jane Park Gets Abused On Twitter For Taking A Holiday In Magaluf”
12. Problem with tourism numbers in the Canaries – #blamemaga
“‘Magaluf effect’ warning for Canary Islands”
13. The demise of Saturday night TV – #blamemaga
“Paddy McGuinness’s Take Me Out is the distilled ambience of 4am at Tokio Joe’s in Magaluf.”
14. Sex on the streets in Sheffield – #blamemaga
“You’re not in Magaluf now: Couple have sex in broad daylight outside UK shopping centre”
15. Reality TV stars behaving badly – #blamemaga
“If Magaluf did reality TV..”
16. Wet t-shirt contest in Salamanca – #blamemaga
“The new Magaluf? Sleazy footage of holiday-makers’ ‘wet t-shirt’ antics in Salamanca shocks Spain”
17. Boozing in a Welsh village – #blamemaga
“A little bit of Magaluf in Mid Wales!”
18. Not enough babies in Denmark – #blamemaga
“Do they even know about Magaluf?”
19. Things got so bad apparently Robbie Williams had to apologise for us! – #blamemaga
“Robbie Williams apologises to Spanish for Brits’ Magaluf-style behaviour”
Come on now media, surely it’s time to take this obsession elsewhere and give Magaluf a much needed break!
Please share with us your own reasons to blame Magaluf (fact or fiction) using the hashtag #blamemaga tweet us @shanesmallorca
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