Riccione, Italy, 28 May 2020. Street scene: a boy on a kick scooter wearing a face mask plays behind a fountain, a hat and a statue.
The tourist season take-off period in the Italian ‘Riviera Romagnola’, in late May, coincides in 2020 with the end of a 3-months lockdown for Covid-19 in Italy. Half-empty beaches, face masks, and delayed urbanization works are the image of an atypical season start.