British tourists face £635 fines for weeing in the sea! Marbella announces plan to clean up its beaches by punishing bathers The fine will be doubled for each repeat offence, according to Spanish media By David Averre Published: 12:55, 3 July 2024 | Updated: 13:04, 3 July 2024 e-mail View comments Brits who partake in a cheeky wee in the sea may need to budget an extra £635 for their holidays in Marbella where authorities are set to roll out new penalties as part of a Costa del Sol tourist cleanup drive. Councillors in the holiday hotspot in southern Spain have declared bathers will face fines of up to €750 if they are caught performing 'physiological evacuations in the sea and on the beach'. The measure, which has been approved in a plenary session and is now awaiting public scrutiny, formulates part of a wider legislation aimed at cracking down on the impact of tourism in the Spanish resort region.
It comes after lawmakers in Vigo, a city in the Galicia region, rolled out a similar rule some two years ago . The fine will be doubled for each repeat offence, meaning a second penalty will be set at €1,500 euros and the third up to €3000. But the move has been criticised and even ridiculed by locals, many of whom regularly partake in the practice themselves and say it is impossible to regulate and enforce.
Councillors in the holiday hotspot in southern Spain have declared bathers will face fines of up to €750 if they are caught performing 'physiological evacuations in.
