Caneta, a popular Mediterranean tourist town located north of Valencia, will allow "only" 5.000 daily visitors or bathers on its famous local beach, which is half the usual number, in order to maintain social distance, the Caneta City Council decided.
And thus, you will have to book your place on the beach in advance via a special mobile application. Also, a time limit will be introduced, so it will be possible to book a place for morning sunbathing and enjoying the sea, or in the afternoon, but not all day.
Also, in order to maintain the distance between the visitors, in accordance with the recommendations of epidemiologists, Cane announced the installation of a special net on the sand, something similar to a large football net, with squares with a diameter of 2x2 meters.
Photo: Canet d'en Berenguer City Hall / CNN
Also in a Spanish city Council of Sanxenxo, decided on a different approach. They are with wooden poles and "rope" also on the beach to make squares of 3 × 3 meters. There will be a total of 780 positions on the beach distributed in several sectors. Each sector will have a different color, and depending on the number of people can be easily expanded by adding 2, 3 or 4 additional positions.
In total, Silgar beach will have 780 square meters in the new conditions, which means a capacity ranging from 1.560 to 2.340 people or 50% less capacity than before.
Photo: Valencia Turisme, Silgar beach
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The local government plans to apply this model to other city beaches such as Panadeira or Caneliñas, and other Spanish cities are considering the same. We will soon certainly see similar solutions in other countries as well, as some destinations in Greece and Italy are already working out a plan to use the beaches in special conditions.
Photo: City SANXENXO
WHO WILL CONTROL THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE BEACHES?
"The city or hotels will have to take care that there is no physical contact on the beaches. There will be no towel to towel”Said Krunoslav Capak last week.
It will certainly be necessary to take care of beach control, and it is not yet clear who will control it and how. Of course, Croatia does not have a kilometer-long beach like Spain and has a long coastal belt (coastal area 31.067 km²), so surely everyone will find their place under the sun, but we should not forget that we are conformists and that the pressure will continue on popular beaches .
The move by Spanish cities is certainly in the context of the “new normal”, at least until a vaccine is found. Whether we like the move or not, it is certainly a matter of responsible behavior and an attempt to bring the whole situation around the potential further expansion of Covid-19 under control.
The question is whether we will have similar measures for the entrance to overcrowded Croatian beaches?
Because one mistake or relaxation, as we are currently witnessing the case in Split and Brač, can be fatal. And later no one is to blame, ie no responsibility. Of course, mistakes happen and they are, let's be realistic, expected in such emergencies, but we must know clear rules and have a system of control, ie prevention.
Source: HrTurizam.hr
