Aperitifs on the Côte des Basques in Biarritz with surfers in the background and indie music on the soundtrack.
Here is the idyllic postcard posted millions of times on Instagram.
A lifestyle which represents the absolute dream for many young people, but also less young people, and which attracted a crowd that was difficult to control last summer with its share of incivilities: rodeos on scooters, improvised techno evenings, parties in the Airbnb… This pitfall is not specific to the Imperial City, it has been repeated in many holiday destinations in France.
But in Biarritz, Maider Arosteguy, mayor of this town of around twenty-five thousand inhabitants, reacted by inviting his constituents to dialogue.
On March 26, she invited them to the Assizes of Tranquility, a day devoted to discussions with a panel of tourism and security professionals, as well as politicians and associations.
If 87% of Biarrots think that tourism is necessary for…
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