After the first buildungs are completed, tourists will start to visit the island via boat or plane in hope of a great vacation. Build cabins, villas or expensive hotels right at the beach or up in the hills. This versatile economic simulation gives you the opportunity to build an indescribable holiday paradise. Are you the right businessman to build the unique holiday paradise everyone is looking for? To become rich and expand your paradise? But watch out, there will be competitors and some unpredictable weather that could destroy all your hopes and dreams. Le Monde is currently being read on another device.Summer Islands – Millions of vacationers are unable to find a suitable holiday destination. You have 63.5% of this article left to read. With his son, he launched a flourishing microbrewery on the island and, with his wife, bought a bar-restaurant. He took early retirement this winter and has made his second home, built in 2005 in the village of Ile-de-Batz, his main residence. Grall now lives full-time on the island of Batz. He is the deputy director of Atos, an IT services group that has 110,000 employees and is currently struggling. He spoke about this activity as if it were a game that gives structure to his new life. So, Eric Grall is searching for outside support. It's a substantial sum for a municipality with an annual investment budget of 300,000 euros. The municipality has approved the construction of a new plant costing 2.3 million euros.
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The equipment is unable to treat the wastewater from the summer population. Send feedback 'Hunt' for grantsĪt Ile-de-Batz, it is the sewage works that no longer meet standards. We are interested in your experience using the site. Read more Subscribers only France's natural wonders introduce quotas to tackle overtourism On this island in the Côtes-d'Armor region, local elected officials expressed their concerns in early July following health checks that revealed a break in the refrigeration chain during certain transfers. The service has had fewer problems than the one in Bréhat. In the summer, it makes two daily round trips to export waste as well as the production of the 13 local farms, before bringing back packages, construction equipment and fresh produce.
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"It is our bridge to the mainland," said David Glidic, co-manager of the seven-employee company that operates the barge, an unprofitable enterprise subsidized by the Brittany region. Slumped on the sand, the barge, which can carry up to 150 metric tons, was waiting for the next tide to leave. With a determined step, he crossed the port to show off the huge machine that empties the containers. The mayor of Ile-de-Batz has witnessed a huge rise in the quantity of waste to be collected, sorted, compacted and sent back to the mainland. LOUISE QUIGNON / HANS LUCAS FOR "LE MONDE" LOUISE QUIGNON / HANS LUCAS FOR "LE MONDE" The barge that transports waste and goods between Roscoff (Finistère) and the island of Batz, in the port of the island. He is also a first-responder on the island of Batz (Finistère). LOUISE QUIGNON / HANS LUCAS FOR "LE MONDE" David Glidic, here in front of a storage room, manages the barge connecting the island to the mainland. A family of tourists in the port of Ile-de-Batz (Finistère). Two pipelines have been installed to suck up hundreds of liters of water from the Atlantic, which will be desalinated by a mobile treatment unit. In this period of drought, the boreholes and the dam are no longer sufficient to meet the needs of locals and vacationers. In Groix (Morbihan), for example, the councilors were preparing for a water shortage. Connected to the mainland's electricity and water networks, Ile-de-Batz suffers less from overcrowding than some of the other 14 Ponant islands.
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"The less attractive side of the postcard," said Eric Grall. This seasonal attractiveness, which boosts the local economy, also causes its share of inconveniences. Up to 6,000 summer visitors share this 3.7 square kilometer speck of land where 470 inhabitants live permanently. Since 8 am, the summer shuttles that cross the Channel every half hour have been unloading their stream of day-trippers, secondary residents and lodgers. It also dictates the extent to which we are a tourist attraction," said the 60 year old. The weather is milder here than on the mainland. Eric Grall, the mayor of Ile-de-Batz (an island near Finistère, off Brittany's north coast), was watching the west breeze sweeping the cumulus clouds toward Roscoff, on the other side of the sea, on this Thursday morning in late July. These concerns don't always suit those who own summer homes in the area. Faced with a flood of tourists, French island mayors show their resourcefulness By Benjamin Keltz (Rennes (France) correspondent) Published on Augat 04h32įeatureIn Ile-de-Batz, as in other municipalities off the coast of Brittany, the mayor has to manage overcrowding and its impact on water, waste and traffic.