Covid-Riviera preview

Cattolica, Italy, 27 May 2020. A group of young sunbathers at the beach and a bulldozer working in the background.

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.

Riccione, Italy, 27 May 2020. An empty beach pool is prepared for reopening.

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.

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.

Rimini, Italy, 30 May 2020. Beach umbrellas in an empty beach, and a ferris wheel in the background.

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.

Rimini, Italy, 30 May 2020. A man doing maintenance work on a ferris wheel which is due to reopen in the coming days.

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.

Riccione, Italy, 25 May 2020. An empty water park, usually very busy during the summer tourist season.

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.