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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

‘A lack of respect’: Catalonian nudists campaign against clothed tourists

A nudist beach in Costa Brava, Catalonia.
A nudist beach in Costa Brava, Catalonia. The Catalan government has been asked for a meeting to discuss ‘the discrimination that nudists face’. Photograph: Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur GmbH/Alamy

It was on a sun-kissed stretch of beach in Catalonia that Segimon Rovira began to feel self-conscious. For as long as the 56-year-old could remember, the area’s turquoise waters had primarily been frequented by nudists. Now, he was painfully aware of being surrounded by sunbathers – in their swimsuits.

“Before, people would arrive at a nude beach and either leave or strip down,” said Rovira. “Now they stay and keep their swimsuit on. But what they don’t realise is that if there are a lot of them, they end up making us uncomfortable. It’s a lack of respect.”

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