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The Spanish town of Nerja is sometimes referred to as the Jewel of the Costa Del Sol.
A former sleepy fishing village, over the past few decades it has been transformed into a thriving tourist town. Thriving, that is, until the pandemic hit.
The clifftop Balcon de Europa promenade has been without its usual throng of pedestrians, while on the town’s beaches there has been no danger of failing to find a spot to plant a deckchair.
Gema Garcia, tourism councillor at Nerja town hall, spells out the concerns of many. "Nerja doesn't have other industries," she says. "Everything is related to tourism. If the hotels don't have guests, there's no one to go to the ice cream parlour or the fruit shops."