[Ammi]

Spanish authorities have put up new billboards asking tourists to cover up and wear more clothing while out in public spaces in Malaga.

Malaga, an Andalusian city that sits on the edge of the Meditteranean Sea, is a popular tourist destination for British travellers, from families visiting resorts to young adults seeking Spanish nightlife.

While Malaga’s tourism industry is thriving, having welcomed approximately 14 million visitors in 2023, the City and the tourism board have plastered warnings in their streets to remind visitors of appropriate etiquette when visiting.

The posters warn tourists to “dress completely” while out in the streets and public places out of respect and for hygiene reasons.

The notices, written first in English and Spanish underneath, target tourists who are walking around the city topless, asking them to always wear an upper garment in public.

This is not the first time authorities have tried to crack down on shirtless visitors to the city, having implemented a bylaw in 2023 against being seen undressed in public, with fines up to €750 (£633) if the dress code is violated.

The posters, titled “Improve your stay in Malaga”, also point out three other areas in which tourists and city visitors should refine their behaviour.

They are asking travellers to Malaga to use litter garbage cans, containers, and other services to keep the city clean, as well as to be careful around monuments, historical heritage, gardens and public furniture.

The tourist board also reminded visitors that sidewalks are for pedestrians, and if a tourist uses scooters or bikes in Malaga, they should ride in the spaces legally designated for this purpose.

Noise also appears to be a problem in the Spanish holiday hotspot, as their fourth poster asks tourists to “not be conspicuous” while out in the streets.

“Do not shout, sing, or turn up the volume of your music,” the poster reads. “Respect the resting hours of your neighbours, including the elderly, the sick, students, children and essential workers.”

The warnings from the City and the tourism board come as Malaga’s permanent residents recently took a stance against the surge of overtourism that is overwhelming their streets.

Some fed-up residents were putting up hostile messages in March calling for tourists to “go home” on the outside of buildings around the centre of Malaga.

Stickers on tourist apartments featured phrases including “stinks of tourists”, “a family used to live here”, and “before this was my house”.

Anti-tourism activists also staged a series of protests this year in Malaga and other Spanish destinations such as Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca and the Canary Islands, arguing that visitors are driving up housing costs and are making residents unable to afford to live in city centres.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/malaga-war...095418764.html

[Crimson Dynamo]

Is this a Muslim influence at town council level?

[bots]

it's a matter of showing respect to the local community and not acting like yobs

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by bots

it's a matter of showing respect to the local community and not acting like yobs

the local people are used to the temperatures

would we tell the Spanish not to wear coats in Autumn in the UK?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by bots

it's a matter of showing respect to the local community and not acting like yobs

…yeah, it’s about dressing appropriately and also for hygiene reasons as well in shops/ cafes/restaurants etc…that’s always been the way in any country I’ve been to…

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by bots

it's a matter of showing respect to the local community and not acting like yobs

It's a shirt.

They're not showing off their genitals.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

It's a shirt.

They're not showing off their genitals.

…it’s only reinforcing what’s always aligned with their laws, though…wearing what’s considered beachwear/…as in swimming shorts but bear chest for guys or bikini/swimsuits only for ladies off the beach and in shops and bars has always been illegal….its a very unhygienic thing to do and for many decades now, those premises would turn anyone away who dressed in beachwear and didn’t cover up with a light bit of clothing…the Spanish people/authorities obviously feel that has to be reinforced atm, especially as tourism is such a big part of their everyday lives also…

[UserSince2005]

The Spanish aren’t showing themselves in the best light at the moment
I get it most Brits and fat disgusting ugly slobs.
But if you don’t want our money. We can go elsewhere.

[Vanessa]

I wouldn't wear beachwear outside the beach.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I wouldn't wear beachwear outside the beach.

…absolutely, Vanessa….and a dress code is practised in public places …(…other than beaches…)…in all countries and always has been but maybe in recent years it may have lapsed a little, hence the reinforcement of it…

[Livia]

I've seen how young women dress in our town centres on a Saturday night in the winter, God knows how they're dressing in the heat of the Costas. Asking people to show a little decorum is fair enough.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…it’s only reinforcing what’s always aligned with their laws, though…wearing what’s considered beachwear/…as in swimming shorts but bear chest for guys or bikini/swimsuits only for ladies off the beach and in shops and bars has always been illegal….its a very unhygienic thing to do and for many decades now, those premises would turn anyone away who dressed in beachwear and didn’t cover up with a light bit of clothing…the Spanish people/authorities obviously feel that has to be reinforced atm, especially as tourism is such a big part of their everyday lives also…

I don't get how it's unhygienic for someone to show off their chest in shops?

I'm not meaning that to sound like an arsehole, I'm genuinely just a bit curious.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I wouldn't wear beachwear outside the beach.

Personally I agree with you.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I don't get how it's unhygienic for someone to show off their chest in shops?

I'm not meaning that to sound like an arsehole, I'm genuinely just a bit curious.

…there are some places that will state ‘no shirt/no shoes/no service’ and obviously refuse to serve, as it states…the whole thing about anyone having that inappropriate clothing is because of the heat…?…I mean, that’s the whole thing of it and that means that person is hot and their skin/body will reflect that with perspiration…that’s sometimes extremely visible as well…and that’s not something that would in any environment be allowed around any food serving establishment…but also, for anyone who is browsing a shop and, it’s not something that should be encouraged around their products on shelves and racks etc being sold…

[bots]

Smelly, sticky people covered in sun lotion is not hygienic

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by bots

Smelly, sticky people covered in sun lotion is not hygienic

…not in any language/culture……

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…there are some places that will state ‘no shirt/no shoes/no service’ and obviously refuse to serve, as it states…the whole thing about anyone having that inappropriate clothing is because of the heat…?…I mean, that’s the whole thing of it and that means that person is hot and their skin/body will reflect that with perspiration…that’s sometimes extremely visible as well…and that’s not something that would in any environment be allowed around any food serving establishment…but also, for anyone who is browsing a shop and, it’s not something that should be encouraged around their products on shelves and racks etc being sold…

That's a fair point.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by bots

Smelly, sticky people covered in sun lotion is not hygienic

Smelly and sticky.