When the Easter holidays and good weather come together, you already know… the beach is one of the Portuguese’s favorite destinations. However, there are precautions to be taken at this “most critical time of the year”.
After a few months of storms, the sun and heat They now appear in force, from North to South of Portugal.
Taking advantage of vacations, holidays and even Easter time tolerances, thousands of people go to the beach.
However, it should be noted that this is the most dangerous time of the year to go swimming.
As remember, at this time the drownings skyrocketcommon the sea is still winter, and there are no lifeguards on most beaches.
In the last five years, the Portuguese Federation of Lifeguards (FEPONS) recorded 42 deaths from drowning at Easter.
Even so, as the morning paper details, from April 3rd to 12th, the National Maritime Authority will reinforce surveillance on beaches, with 15 all-terrain vehiclesled by navy military with a lifeguard course, equipped with automatic external defibrillators, in a project called “Seawatch”.
Furthermore, according to the same newspaper, some chambers will allocate lifeguards.
“This two-week period is the most critical for drowning in Portugal, in which we have unsupervised beaches, lots of people on vacation and good weather“, stated the president of FEPONS, Alexandre Tadeiaand JN.
The Navy’s Seawatch project will be on beaches where a large influx is expected.
It highlights, this Wednesday, that the heat and war are helping to fill the Algarve during the Easter holidays.
As for the curious part of the war, the morning reader, who heard from businesspeople in the hotel sector, explains that the aforementioned region is an alternative for tourists with holidays scheduled for countries in the Middle East, such as the UAE, Turkey and Egypt, which had to be cancelled.
