From next season ‘after-hours’ clubs in Ibiza will be banned. Authorities say clubs which operate between 6am and 10am cause a disturbance for residents and less nocturnal holidaymakers.

The resort town of San Antonio banned after-hours clubs some time ago and now Sant Josep, home to clubs such as Space, DC10 and Bora Bora, is to do the same. Vicent Ferrer, head of tourism in Sant Josep, said: "In an urban space, an after-hours club is a danger and we have to stop it."

Local authorities in Ibiza Town also want to close the clubs between 6am and 6pm, putting an end to afternoon raves.

Paquita Ribas, a local councillor, said: "We know the clubs are attractive internationally but we want tourists and residents to live in a better way."

Pepe Rosello, owner of Space, said: "The new rules mean some of our morning sessions will have to be moved to afternoons. But it also opens the door to more illegal parties in houses and on the beaches.”

For many it marks the end of an era for the island which invented chill-out music and which was famous for its hedonistic, anything-goes attitude.