Landes: the closure of Seignosse beach huts arouses general misunderstanding

A restaurant, surf schools. On the beach of Seignosse (Landes), five wooden huts allow tourists to eat with their feet in the sand or to practice activities. Businesses that could disappear with the application of a 2019 decree prohibiting these activities in natural areas on the coast. On the sand, it is the general incomprehension. “I am not convinced that three straw huts over kilometers will do great harm to the environment”exasperated a customer admiring the landscape.

For the manager of Local Color, it’s a “mess”. Sour establishment was about to receive an eco-label. “We would have liked to be a showcase to show that here, we do things that respect the environment.” The two surf schools that regularly rescue bathers or amateur surfers in difficulty do not feel rewarded for their efforts. For the mayor, the risk of seeing tourism dwindle in his city is real. “We don’t have an urban waterfront where we can have restaurants that develop.” The Landes prefecture did not wish to speak.