The larger and more extensive a beach, the more tourists towels will fit in it, in what would translate into more income and profits in those adjacent businesses in those areas. But these figures can vary product of phenomena and natural agents such as erosion.
Due to all this, the local authorities are reluctant to create break waves or retaining walls since these methods do that as a result there are no attractive waves for tourists. Some cities like San Diego, in North Carolina and Hawaii periodically overhaul their beaches.
The process is the following: to excavate millions of cubic meters of sand offshore and deposit them in the land; the cost of this type of method can cost up to US $ 25 million.