The Ferry Frenzy In Santa Pola Continues

Santa Pola’s larboard is known for its lively ferry summons sellers, but caller rules introduced by nan Generalitat Valenciana aimed astatine curbing nan chaos person yet to calm nan scene. Introduced this August to “regularise” decades of rowdy income practices, nan measures see acrylic screens and restrictions connected leaving nan summons booths. 

Sellers person agelong filled nan main thoroughfare of nan port, shouting prices and schedules for trips to nan land of Tabarca. At highest summertime season, astir 10,000 visitors get regular from Alicante, Benidorm, and Torrevieja to nan Santa Pola port, nan main departure constituent to Tabarca.

Under nan caller rules, sellers tin only run from nan main counter, down acrylic screens pinch a mini manus opening. They are not allowed to time off nan booths, show signs extracurricular nan screens, aliases outcry astatine imaginable customers. However, wrong days of nan regulation’s implementation, sellers started breaking nan rules and raising their voices again to pull summons buyers.

Opinions are mixed. Some sellers reason that nan measures person levelled nan playing field. On nan different hand, locals judge nan business remains mostly unchanged. Authorities dream that ongoing larboard projects and further regulations will yet bring bid to nan celebrated tourer hub.