Crowded beaches, floods of tourists, dirt, pollution, inapplicable social distancing, abandoned masks, overwhelmed local authorities ... The summer of 2020 did not leave only good memories for elected officials in many popular areas.
To avoid reliving a dynamic but risky summer period, the health situation remaining tense, the managers of areas dear to holidaymakers are working on solutions and on the best way to organize the summer.
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“
We bent over backwards last year by increasing the terraces and security… This time around, we will have to go even further,
” explains the mayor of Biarritz, Maider Arosteguy.
Usually frequented by a more family-oriented tourism, in 2020, his city has seen huge flows of visitors, including “
many new populations
”, who, failing to go abroad, have fallen back on the Basque Country.
A real "
mass tourism
", in search of festivals usually found in Spain and for which the
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