The Christmas weekend on Durban's beachfront in numbers
Nearly 1.7-million people descended on Durban's beachfront over what the eThekwini municipality describe as a "fun-filled and incident-free" Christmas weekend.
Durban. Photo: WhereToStay
These are some of the numbers from December 23 to 25:
- 1,686,174 - people visited the various beaches on eThekwini's 101km stretch of coastline
- 13,785 - wristbands handed out over the three days, containing details of parents/guardians
- 1,905 - people received first aid treatment, mostly for bluebottle stings and minor cuts
- 172 - arrests for drink driving by the city's metro police
- 154 - lifeguards on duty
- 64 - children separated from their guardians; all were reunited safely
- 11 - rescues carried out by lifeguards
- 2 - arrests made at the beachfront for cellphone and handbag theft
- 0 - drownings
Source: The Times