Ibiza has become too expensive, according to some of the world’s top DJs.
It has never been considered a cheap place to go on holiday but a few have told Newsbeat that the prices have spoiled the “magic” of the island.
Paul Oakenfold has been going to Ibiza since he was a teenager and said: “I feel like they are ripping us off.”
He thinks the clubs are charging too much, that “it just gets more and more expensive” and doesn’t need to be.
Afrojack, who is one of the top 10 highest paid DJs in the world, says it has become too VIP.
“I’m playing in Ibiza this year, only because they pay well,” he said.
“The whole magic you used to have on Ibiza is not possible any more because a ticket is 75 euros (£60).
“I go to Mykonos, play exactly the same thing and you buy a 10 euro (£7.90) ticket. They are too focused on the VIP.”
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A ticket for David Guetta at Pacha is 79 euros (£62)
As one third of Swedish House Mafia, Steve Angello brought Electronic Dance Music (EDM) to the mainstream and has been to Ibiza for the last 14 years.
“It was more of a tastemaker, a musical discovery, than it is now,” he explained.
“Now it is about selling tickets and big names, it has become what it is everywhere else. The mystique of Ibiza isn’t there any more.”
The average package holiday, for one week, will cost £500, but it’s what you spend when you are there that can sting.
Entry to the top five clubs can cost you up to 70 euros (£55) and drinks can start at 15 euros (£11.90).
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Martin Mitchell has been to Ibiza three times and agrees with the DJs.
“It has got more expensive, drink is more expensive, clubs are more expensive, tickets are more expensive,” he told Newsbeat.
He says it won’t put him off coming back again though.
“I save up,” he said. “I go to Ibiza for a week and I just live it up, I don’t care how much it costs because it is paradise.”
Steve Hulme, who is Pacha’s music director, added: ” It is as expensive as any other holiday destination that has to make it’s money in a small window when the tourists are here.
“There is no real desire from the clubs just to up the charges as much as we can, there’s a cost versus income and a basic profit that needs to be made.
“So the ticket prices are not ‘Let’s charge X amount for X amounts’. Everything is calculated on a needs must, we have major costs of running the businesses we have here.”
