{"id":200084,"date":"2019-06-05T14:37:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T18:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=200084"},"modified":"2019-06-05T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T18:37:31","slug":"varadero-will-receive-more-sand-to-renovate-its-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/varadero-will-receive-more-sand-to-renovate-its-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Varadero will receive more sand to renovate its beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Varadero, the largest sun and beach tourist destination in Cuba, located some 140 kilometers east of Havana, will receive new shipments of sand starting July to combat erosion and complement the new tourist facilities on its coastline, the Cuban media reported this Tuesday. <\/span><\/p>\n

Starting next month, white sand will be poured on six of the most emblematic sectors of Varadero, which is part of the goal set by the Cuban authorities to declare it as an “environmental beach” in 2020, <\/span>according<\/span><\/a> to the official Cubadebate<\/em> website.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We will proceed to model a new beach at the height of the former Oasis Hotel, where two new facilities are being built, and, at the same time, specialists on the subject are studying the appropriateness of undertaking similar actions in Cayo Largo and Cayo Blanco,” said Angel Alfonso, specialist of the local Environment Unit.<\/span><\/p>\n

The authorities recognize that Varadero beach is “exhibiting a process of moderate erosion ” and that in Cuba “more than 80% of the beach resorts\u2019 coastlines have withdrawn at an average 1.2 meters per year.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Varadero ser\u00e1 una \u201cplaya ambiental\u201d en 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n