SUNBURNT Brits painted the town red as they hit Magaluf’s Punta Ballena strip hours before it was shut down for the rest of summer.

The bladdered tourists threw a booze-fuelled farewell party for the party spot which is being closed following earlier scenes of outrageous behaviour.

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The shock closure came after images emerged of vomiting revellers causing chaos and ignoring the island's social distancing regulations.

Tourism Minister Lago Negueruela announced the crackdown saying cops would be mobilised to ensure all bars and restaurants closed their doors.

Pictures showed police patrolling the notorious party zone as businesses closed their shutters – ruining the plans of thousands of holidaymakers.

However, before the final doors were closed for months, mobs of Brits descended on the strip for one final monster session.

They were seen hitting the bars hard before stocking up with crates of booze to head back to their holiday accommodation.

News of the closures have devastated bar owners who have called the move a huge "slap in the face."

Diego Belmonte, a trader at the Chippy bar in Magaluf, told Diario de Mallorca: "At noon, the decree was approved and around 3pm, they started arriving to tell us that we had to close."

And Alejandro Jara, owner of the Alex Party group said: "250 workers from my company have been put on the streets.

"We have just had a very hard winter and we had opened just ten days ago. When the police came, some waiters started to cry."

The decision follows scenes of drunken behaviour by Brits and Germans in both Magaluf and Platja de Palma following the return of tourists just two weeks ago.

The initial closure order is for two months but businesses fear it could be for longer.

Their concerns come as the Balearic government has already signalled its intention to crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Majorca.

Business associations in the Balearics have voiced different opinions about the closure, with some saying it is justified whilst others consider it an injustice.

President of Acotur, José TIrado said: “It is a barbarity, an arbitrary decision, which is outside common sense and the rule of law.

"We unanimously respect the issue of COVID, but establishments cannot be closed due to a public order altercation on the public road."

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