Riccione, Italy, 28 May 2020. Bulldozers preparing the city’s beach and girls wearing face masks in the foreground.
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.