Tour operators’ move after string of youngsters die in falls

in another room. Alcohol makes people think they are invincible and tragedies happen.

“It is happening every month in peak season.

“Each country has its own safety requirements. With British guests, the rule relates to the balcony height and having no gaps that people can use to put their feet in to climb.

“We explain the rules to guests and offer them a different room. If they still insist on a particular room, we make them sign a legal disclaimer about the balcony.”

In April last year, Natalie Cormack, 19, from West Kilbride, Ayrshire, fell to her death in Magaluf when she tried to climb from one balcony to another.

Natalie, who had been working in a bar in the resort, was one of three young Brits who died plunging from the Eden Roc de Torrenova apartments.

Tom Hughes , 20, f rom Wrexham, was killed when he plunged 65ft in Magaluf last year.

And last July, footbal ler Michael Jones, 21, from Bolton, Lancashire, a lso died. It’s believed he fell over hotel railings in Benidorm, Spain,

Last month, Freddie Pring, a 20-year- old rugby player from Somerset, died after falling from a balcony at another hotel in Magaluf.

A TUI UK spokesman said: “We work closely with our hotel partners to ensure balconies meet these recommendations.”

A Jet2 Holidays spokesman said: “We constantly review health and safety with all of our hotel partners and balcony safety is very much part of that.”

ABTA said: “For a number of years, ABTA has provided health and safety guidelines for our members to share with their suppliers, which include a recommended minimum height for balconies and minimum width between railings.”