| Clothes Are Optional, but Sex on the Beach Is Another Matter Mexico News Daily | |
| go to original April 28, 2022 |
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Visitors to a nudist beach in Oaxaca will be forced to exercise self-restraint after local authorities introduced punishments for people caught having sex on the beach.
Playa del Amor (Love Beach) in Zipolite, 250 kilometers south of Oaxaca city, is known as a vacation spot for hippies, surfers and nudists.
However, for local citizens on the community assembly, the free-loving culture that makes the town famous has surpassed their limits. The assembly agreed on March 20 that sexual activities on the beach and nudism anywhere off the beach should be banned.
People who are caught having sex on the beach could be reported to police, arrested, fined 5,000 pesos (US $244) and forced to do community work.
The decision came after a series of complaints from tourists and citizens that the beach was being used at night for intimate purposes by enthusiastic couples, according to the minutes from an assembly meeting.
Zipolite’s popularity remained strong among tourists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the town has been booming: during the Easter vacation period, it registered 100% capacity.
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