Menorca town reveals verdict of shock referendum on tourist ban after locals ‘trapped’ in homes by influencers

RESIDENTS of a Menorcan village dubbed the ‘Spanish Mykonos’ have rejected a feared tourist ban.

Although around 30 per cent of picture-postcard Binibeca Vell’s 195 homeowners wanted a total prohibition on outside visitors 24/7.

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Locals in Binibeca Vell are furious with tourists flooding their village[/caption]

But the vote failed, with a modification of visiting restriction times being agreed at a meeting last night.

The holidaymaker veto was said to be on the cards ahead of the vote after locals chained off the 22 entrances to their community at night-time earlier this year.

Residents voted to put restrictions in place after visitors flocked back to Menorca following the end of the Covid pandemic.

Some selfie-hunting holidaymakers ended up trampling through private properties in tourist attraction Benibeca Vell, a privately-owned community although it is widely described as a village, and interrupting their rest times.

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