According to Menorca - Es diari, the Briton ended up falling from the first floor of the hotel and luckily landed in the garden and only suffered some bruising, according to the Guardia Civil.
Previously he had been involved in an altercation with the Guardia Civil during which he threw a fire extinguisher at them.
The young man was in a drunken state and according to the Guardia Civil, possibly under the influence of drugs.
The Guardia Civil were alerted to the disturbance he was causing outside the hotel where his brother and sister-in-law were staying.
The Briton ended up in the room where his relatives were staying in order to calm him down but he suddenly burst out on to the balcony and began climbing from one balcony to another until he fell.
He was subsequently arrested and spent the night in custody.
According to the Guadia Civil, he said that he thought that jumping between balconies was a permitted practice in Spain, which it is not and can result in heavy fines.
According to the British Foreign Office; “In some regions you may be fined or evicted from your hotel if you are found to be behaving irresponsibly around balconies. Your travel insurance may not cover you for incidents that take place on a balcony or if you were under the influence of drink or drugs when the incident happened.”
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I don't know when the Germans started that sport, but in past years, it's never been a German thing. Now I've seen a few reports of it in Arenal. Magaluf used to be the drunken tourist balcony death capitol of the world. Thank god that's been toned down to a precious few nowadays. This one was lucky. Others not so. And it makes me sick to think about what it does to their families.
There are now stickers appearing around Palma which say "Go home and balcony there. Die in your own country." Clearly the locals have had their fill of picking up the pieces of tourists who think jumping from balconies is the new Olympic sport. Since most of the jumpers appear to be either German or British, and being British myself, fellow nationals are tarred with the same stupid brush which is embarrassing. The Spanish people I know just shake their heads in disbelief and puzzlement at these jumping morons.
A good way to get the tourist numbers down would be to deport and ban rubbish like this. And as the UK is no longer in the EU it shouldn't be a problem.