By Cathy Elelman • Published: 11 May 2020 • 11:11
“DIFFERENT”: The Junta de Andalucia president has warned beach-goers they are going to have to change their behaviour this summer CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Torremolinos Facebook @ayto.torremolinos
BEACH-GOER numbers limited to nearly half capacity, police checks on comings and goings and social distancing, and a ban on group games are all on the cards for beaches on the Costa del Sol and the rest of Andalucia this summer, the regional government president has revealed.
Speaking in an interview on national Spanish TV earlier this morning, Juanma Moreno explained these were among the measures the Junta de Andalucia is preparing to include its beach plan, which will be debated today.
Moreno said beach-goers will have to stay between two and 2.5 metres apart, and that Local Police forces will play an “essential role” in keeping an eye on ensuring social distancing is being practised and on controlling the number of people on beaches at any one time.
The Junta President also said there will be a thorough daily cleaning of beach equipment and facilities.
Moreno called on the public to show “individual responsibility” and to remember that this year is “different,” warning that people are going to have change their beach behaviour.
“Collective games are over: ball games, paddle games, doing things in a group… Unfortunately this summer it is not going to be possible on any of the beaches in Andalucia and probably in Spain,” he said.
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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