15-year-old British girl seriously injured after falling from the first floor of a building in Mallorca
“The Brits NEVER disappoint,” the group told its more than 56,000 followers. “We all knew the kings of the sport would take the lead again.”
The website is designed in the style of an Olympic competition, with gold, silver and bronze medals for the nationalities with the most accidents and the animation of a small figure falling from a great height.
Christina McKelvie, an SNP member of the Scottish Parliament in whose Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency Ms Ramsey lives, called for the website to be shut down.
“This is absolutely abhorrent and my sincere condolences go out to the families of all those targeted by this organization,” she said.
“It is reprehensible that someone would attempt to exploit and use tragic deaths in such a cruel way.
“The sooner the organization is shut down the better, and social media organizations should take all possible measures to remove such objectionable content from their pages.”
The Balearic Islands Association Balconing responded to Ms McKelvie’s criticism on its X-account by arguing that the problem was not the rankings, but rather the “mass tourism model” of the Balearic Islands and the “consequences” that result from it.
The term “balconing” was originally coined in Spain to describe the dangerous behavior of tourists attempting to jump from their hotel balconies into swimming pools.