Ignorant tourists!!

[Kili01]

The root of the problem really is the planning dept. why did they give planning permission to build not just one, but many hotels all along the coast from the Venus Beach to the Cynthiana? It is well known to most people who live here how dangerous that stretch of coast is with its rip currents.
Where ever hotels are built they will attract tourists from overseas most of whom will not know how dangerous it is to swim in the sea there.
Though I also agree that going swimming at a beach where a red flag is flying is very stupid and potentially life threatening.
Dee

[Dominic]

The hotels that market themselves as having a nice beach should shoulder a lot of the blame.

But it isn't just Russian tourists who ignore the signs. The list of deaths along that stretch of coast includes people from a whole host of countries, including UK expats and locals.

[LouiseCastricum]

There are PLENTY of warning signs along that coast. Ignoring them is simply very stupid.

[memory man]

….and in several languages

[lefkes]

Looks like there are five people in the sea behind the warning sign !!

[boycott]

One of the issues with warning signs is that there are to many of them and hence people become blasé about them!

When driving how many road works signs do you see and yet no road works.
How many dangerous bend signs and yet a normal bend in the road.
Wet floor signs etc.
The list goes on so why should people be inclined to take notice of a dangerous swimming sign?

[memory man]

Paphos lifeguards rescued 2 more today
according to news reports.

[LouiseCastricum]

One of the issues with warning signs is that there are to many of them and hence people become blasé about them!

When driving how many road works signs do you see and yet no road works.
How many dangerous bend signs and yet a normal bend in the road.
Wet floor signs etc.
The list goes on so why should people be inclined to take notice of a dangerous swimming sign?

if you ignore the signs, you have only yourself to blame.......

[ApusApus]

Wet floor signs

Can't say that I have ever seen one of these!


Shane

[Dominic]

They have them all the time, especially in the UK. If somebody spills something in a shop, and it isn't cleaned up properly, and another customer slips on it, the shop is liable. So the signs have to go up to cover the shop's arse.

[ApusApus]

Well I haven't …………… seen plenty of assistants with mops at work though!


Shane

[ApusApus]

They have them all the time, especially in the UK. If somebody spills something in a shop, and it isn't cleaned up properly, and another customer slips on it, the shop is liable. So the signs have to go up to cover the shop's arse.

I was talking about Cyprus, health & safety in the UK is a totally different kettle of fish!


Shane

[Dominic]

They have them in Cyprus too. I've seen them in Alpha Mega for instance.

[JimX]

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5715

This problem was published several years ago on CL, greeted by some as irrelevant then.

[memory man]

Another drowning this morning.

Last Updated: June 27, 2018, 9:12 am



Dead was found on Wednesday morning in a sea area of ​​Kato Paphos.

The unfortunate woman was transferred to the General Hospital of Pafos, where she was found by the doctors to do her death.

On the scene are members of the Police for examinations.

Source: philenews


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Woman dies in sea off Paphos

A 68-year-old woman who was found floating unconscious on Wednesday morning in the sea off Kato Paphos has died, police said.

Russian Roza Tsamoulidou, a permanent resident of Anavargos village in Paphos, was found floating unconscious in the sea at around 7.30am.

She was brought out to the shore by lifeguards of a nearby hotel and given first aid.

She was transferred to the Paphos general hospital but doctors were unable to resuscitate her.

A post mortem is to be carried out on Thursday morning.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/06/27/woma ... ff-paphos/