With the start of school comes the end of the summer as far as the beach is concerned, so Salobreña has summed up its summer figures.

The fact is that it has been the first summer under normal conditions; i.e., without Covid restrictions and it didn’t get off to a good start in July until the second fortnight came around – that’s when it showed that summer was going to be busy.

From the 15th of July to the 15th of August, Salobreña was very busy, according to the Councillor for Beaches and Tourism, Sr. Gabriel Alonso, who pointed out that it was “very sunny and little wind.”

The councillor quantified the number of visitors as between 7,000 and 8,000 that visited the beaches on a daily basis without counting those that have their second residence in Salobreña. He also pointed out that the town’s beaches have a capaciy to accommodate 13,000 beach users a day, a figure that he considers was reached between residential tourism and day visitors.

To cope with this number, Cruz Roja provided 21 lifeguards distributed between the five lifeguard posts from the 1st of July and the 31st of August.

Cruz Roja attended to 743 people on the Playa de La Charca (455) and the Playa La Guardia (288), mostly for jellyfish stings. They also helped 50 people with mobility problems, using a specially adapted, vehicle to reach the sea, 32 people were taken to hospital, five lost kids were reunited with their parents.

(News: Salobreña, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)