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Research Letters

Strategies for beach management during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Pages 352-356 | Received 31 May 2021, Accepted 14 Oct 2021, Published online: 02 Nov 2021
 

ABSTRACT

The aim of this paper is to study the policies developed by local authorities in Spain to provide a safe environment on beaches in order to identify the strategies behind as well as the measures applied to enforce them. Our results, based on a survey of over 200 municipalities responsible for the 646 beaches awarded an ecolabel certification, the Blue Flag, reveal that the policies revolve around three axes: beach organization, reduction of items that could be a source of risk, and reduction of some types of services.

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