The Flanders Marine Institute, in collaboration with the universities of Ghent and Leuven, conducted a survey during the peak of the corona crisis. This shows that coastal residents have worry less and that they also had less stress and were less bored with people in the interior.
“Coastal residents have only worryed about 35 percent more during the lockdown,” says Jan Seys of the Flanders Marine Institute. “Non-coastal residents have worryed 49 percent more. People who do not live by the sea or near the sea have also been more bored with coastal residents. The sea and the beach have a positive effect on the mood of the residents. The coast is an extra buffer against negative feelings. “
The researchers do emphasize that further research and a deeper analysis is needed to determine the underlying causes in concrete terms.
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