"Between Arbatax and La Caletta there will be more or less 700 rubber boats , to these we must add the boats, which carry 200/300 people each, and on a normal day in July everyone, absolutely everyone, wants to go to the same three beaches, limited number. You understand well that we have to put on a helmet to manage the situation », says Stefano Monni, mayor of Baunei.
Another striking case is La Cinta, San Teodoro, four kilometers of beach, no limitations and - says the first citizen Rita Deretta - " even 10 thousand presences at the same time , 400 daily users in public toilets, and the waste collection service that must organize five trips a day ".
Record numbers
Summer 2022: tourism to scream. The island's sea and beaches are stormed and operators and administrators are celebrating for the economy that is booming, with numbers already higher than in the pre-Covid seasons and forecasts of a further boom in August. All very beautiful, but the problems of an excessive influx of people in fragile and delicate places are enormous.
«We do everything possible», Monni underlines, «with a resolution of the city council of 1 July we approved the quota for our beaches. In Cala Goloritzè , accessible only by land from the Golgo path, 250 people; in Ispuligidenie -Cala Mariolu 700; at Cala Biriala 300 and at Cala dei Gabbiani 300. The limited number is an irreversible and indispensable system for guaranteeing the environmental protection of the sites and the public health of bathers ».
The recommendations
Pending a management plan, which is currently being drawn up, the regional department for the environment, nature protection and forestry policies service, highlighted that "in the Gulf of Orosei, in addition to an anthropogenic load and boats that are no longer sustainable, we note the use of music diffusion systems with sound emissions such as to cause considerable disturbance to wildlife ».
The parking lots
"How do we defend ourselves? We have limited the parking lots on the beaches : in Porto Sa Ruxi, Porto Giunco, Timi Ama, Punta Molentis (here cars and also the number of people) we have set a limit for cars ", explains the mayor of Villasimius Gianluca Dessì. «At sea, apart from the regulation concerning the Marine Protected Area, there is no maximum number of boats allowed, therefore, as often happens, they can reach thousands. Our port alone has eight hundred at the moment ».
The resistances
In Muravera, mayor Salvatore Piu is studying how Costa Rei will remain "the most beautiful beach in the world forever". He explains: “We'll do paid parking, then we'll put two bars, one north and one south, and set up a toll. Everything will be operational from the 2023 season . To protect Costa Rei from invasion, I believe a limited number is necessary . Still not there because too many hoteliers and managers of bars and restaurants are resisting ».
(Unioneonline)
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