Alicante (EFE) shot up to 80 percent and are expected to rise as the calendar progresses.
Umbrellas, coolers, flip-flops, caps and sunglasses are some of the essential items for the many visitors who arrive from the peninsula very early on board the ‘tabarqueras’ on a clear day with intense heat and humidity, ideal for ‘ sun and beach’ and to taste the typical gastronomy of the islet, such as arroz caldero.
From the Isla Plana de Tabarca neighborhood association, its secretary, Ana Valera, has explained to EFE that the boom in visitors has been noticed during the last two weekends, especially after the local patron saint festivities, from the 28th to the 30th of June by San Pedro.
The island multiplies its population in summer
Destination for many lovers of surface diving, with goggles and snorkel, dozens of recreational boats anchor around this island that these days multiplies its population by a lot from the little more than 70 neighbors that it has during the winter months.
Only 0.3 square kilometers in area, Tabarca is located in a privileged enclave within the oldest marine reserve in Spain, from 1986, whose funds house specimens of half of the Mediterranean flora and fauna species (about 7,000) to throughout the length and breadth of 1,400 submerged hectares with extensive seagrass meadows.