Benidorm mayor vows Brits won't be forced to sunbathe inside plastic cubes to enforce social distancing after lockdown
BENIDORM mayor Toni Perez has promised British holidaymakers won’t have to sunbathe inside plexiglass cubicles when they can flock back to the famous Costa Blanca resort after lockdown.
He said: “We’ve rejected them mainly because they wouldn’t let the air circulate and in July and August that would create unbearable temperatures for people sunbathing on the sand.” Mauro Vanni, president of the Italian Rimini lifeguards cooperative, also said people would "die of dehydration" if made to use them in the hot weather.Benidorm’s Levante beach can attract up to 25,000 visitors on a good day in summer. It’s other main beach, Poniente beach, tends to attract around 15,000 people in high season.
Further north in Canet d’en Berenguer near the east coast city of Valencia, local authorities are working on a system of individual beach patches which locals and tourists can reserve with a mobile phone app. The famous Costa Brava resort of Lloret de Mar has announced it will re-open its beach with reserved areas for the elderly and families.
The pioneering measure will be applied on the beaches of Lloret and Fenals, the busiest of the popular Costa Brava resort which attracts visitors from all the world on package tours.The resort was the scene of a double tragedy in May 2015 when two tourists from Birmingham drowned after being knocked over by a wave as they posed for photos.
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