Brexit Blamed For Barren Beaches In Europe. Desolate and barren beaches cause concern for businesses in Europe.
Brexit Blamed For Barren Beaches In Europe
British business owners in European beach destinations are alarmed by a lack of tourists, and are laying the blame for the bare and barren beaches firmly at the door of Brexit. Official figures show a staggering 98.4% decrease in the number of beach users this month, compared to August last year.
Tourists enjoying Marbella beach in August. Numbers have declined dramatically since then.
Economic Collapse
The situation is so bleak that some business owners are predicting a complete collapse of the local economy. Casey Jean Parker runs a bar on the paseo in Torremolinos on the Costa Del Sol. She told us “I opened my bar here in August last year, and since then business has just been tailing off. It’s getting quieter and quieter month by month. The beaches are now deserted. I certainly can’t afford to continue like this, the whole of southern Spain could go bankrupt if something isn’t done soon”.
C.J. Parker believes Brexit is to blame for the lack of tourists enjoying local beaches.
Lani McKenzie is an expat from Birmingham living in Marbella. She believes that Brexit is to blame, saying “actually I’m not from Birmingham, I’m from Aston. Brexit is breaking us. In the months running up to it, tourist numbers were falling. Now it’s happened there are hardly any tourists here at all. We rely on British tourists, and because of Brexit they are staying away. I’ve never seen the beaches as empty as they have been this week”.
Tourists are staying away from the Costa Del Sol
Many expats are now considering packing up and abandoning their place in the sun. Anne Fernandez runs a Facebook group where people can express their outrage over important political topics like Brexit and the availability of rhubarb custard sweets in Spain. She says “My members are outraged that Brexit is breaking businesses in Europe. Without tourists, we are nothing. It’s so quiet now, many of my members who own businesses are thinking of packing up and heading back to Britain, if they can get a visa, or whatever we need to get over the border now they’ve taken back control. There are actually some people here who voted for it, now the economy is crashing, it’s their fault”.
Not Specifically Brexit Related
Politician Matthew Brody from the Costa Regional Andalucian Party thinks that the problem is not specifically Brexit related. “It can’t be Brexit because it’s not just the Brits who are staying away. There is no one on the beaches. No Welsh people, no Irish people, no French people, no Scandinavian people, no Tibetan people. No one. We need to find the real reason for this and stop taking the easy option of blaming Brexit for everything”.
Fuengirola beach last week, not a tourist in sight.
Brexiteers Won
Butch Halfwit from Doncaster says that the potential collapse of the European tourist industry vindicates his decision to vote for Brexit. “I always said they need us more than we need them, now we’re here in February, less than one month since Brexit, and their beaches and bars are empty. We won.”
Local businessman Frazzle from the Old Bunion Sports Bar in Fuengirola was about to give us a comment on how a lack of tourists is affecting his business, but he spotted a staff member throwing away food which had been dropped on the floor and went off to shout at her for not serving it anyway.
Stew Pidd thinks this is fake news.
Stew Pidd lives in Benalmadena. He says “ This is fake news. Obviously. Anything which is beyond me must be fake news. Brexit is great. They need us more than we need them. Boris is best. Fake news.”
Do you think that Brexit is responsible for the empty beaches? Have your say in the comments below.
Written by Mitch Buchanon, Costa Del Sol Update
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Beaches are not empty, they are full of sand.
The costs of a ticket from Liverpool to Malaga is £330 without luggage, so for the moment is too expensive!
£330 return ticket for the end of May!
The costs of a holiday the euro zone is for the moment is too expensive!
I have found cheaper holiday in none European Union country’s with a similar flight time as london to malaga
Don’t think that Brexit is responsible for the empty beaches I used to travel to Spain 3 or 4 times a year for holidays but only have 1 trip this year to Salamnca I can have a 2 weeks on the pacific coast all inclusive holiday cheaper then Costa Del Sol
In my opinion, first of all, beaches must be clean. I have seen so many times, when people throw the rubbish out on the beach. This is the main problem, which we have to solve.