
Summer has begun, the beaches are full but there are no sunbeds for hire on Salobreña and Motril beaches, nor ice-cream kiosks, either.
The crisis hit the nautical, leisure industry pretty hard with the sector taking a 70% hit; small craft were sold and ports lost mooring fees.
The taxi strike, which started in Barcelona, has spread across the country causing chaos and even reaching the city of Granada.
A provincial representative for the Junta says that the Regional Government has no other option other than to deny the three affected businesses their licences.
At an Almuñécar council meeting on the 5th of August it was decided to close the Picadero Municipal, which has been open since the end of 2010.