Riccione, Italy, 30 May 2020. Children playground toys and tourist boats, normally in use during the tourist season, are parked in the back of the beach.
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.