Riccione, Italy, 26 May 2020. A kite flies over an empty beach-volley field.
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.