Overview
- President Alfonso Rueda announced the planned regulatory change at the first summit of Galicia’s 86 coastal municipalities in Santiago.
- The proposal would end the mandated shutdown between Easter and 1 June that currently interrupts the seasonal operating calendar for chiringuitos.
- The Xunta says extending the season seeks to boost profitability and raise standards, framing beach bars as part of a more rational, conservation‑minded use of the coast.
- Galicia will set up new governance bodies, including a Foro do Litoral and a broad pact with municipalities, to coordinate planning and management of the shoreline.
- Complementary steps include an ideas contest for a replicable, sustainable chiringuito design, a heritage catalogue of roughly 1,600 coastal assets, a €5 million aid program for coastal improvements, and work on a coast‑spanning route from A Guarda to Ribadeo.