Our View: Will concrete be kept at bay in Polis campsite upgrade?

The bulldozers have finally moved in on the long-neglected Polis beach campsite, raising fears of what the future holds for this oasis from the relentless tourist concrete coating most of our coastline.

Polis and the villages towards Pyrgos have long felt they are the also-rans, mostly excluded from the easy money mass tourism provides and is a major reason why the long-delayed Paphos-Polis road is such a source of frustration for the local authorities. The wider, faster road, they argue, is crucial to further tourist development.