First sections already locked: tourists overrun the Baltic sea beaches

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With the best summer weather, it has pulled back on Saturday, many people at the Baltic sea beaches in Schleswig-Holstein. The had Bay, especially in the most popular places Scharbeutz and Haffkrug in Luebeck, again effects. There, around noon, the first Parking and the beach sections no longer have been temporarily blocked, because there were plenty of free spaces for guests. This was highlighted in the most up to date information on the website, (www.strandticker.de). Bernd Wüstneck/dpa-Central image/

There, at the beginning of July has been a so-called virtual traffic lights against crowded beaches in operation. So can inform day visitors in a timely manner of the crowds at the Baltic sea beach between Scharbeutz and Rettin. The beach traffic light gives information about eight different beaches. For three of them, the traffic light was on yellow. That is, it is getting tight. The news will come first, the owners of the beach basket and the employees that collect the tourist tax. With the beach traffic lights, the guests should be weighed less exposed sections of the beach headed.

The Baltic resorts Scharbeutz, Haffkrug, Sierksdorf, Neustadt, Pelzerhaken and Rettin have developed the steering system so that the corona due to the distance rules, to the beaches can be observed. Due to the onslaught of day-trippers, the mayor of Scharbeutz at two last week had the access to the site lock.

 

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