What is the significance of the two lovers meeting at Yalta, a resort town?

Anton Chekhov’s The Lady with the Dog takes place in the small resorted town of Yalta, where Anna and Dmitri meet. The remoteness of the town plays an important role in the story because this is temporarily their life outside of reality and their responsibilities. Anna is in Yalta for a vacation, but has a husband back home, while Dmitri is married with children. The lovers continue their relationship in Yalta, where they become inseparable. Reality hits them hard when they have to leave each other and go back into their lives outside of Yalta. Yalta acted as a foundation for them to build their relationship, where they did not have to care for their outside responsibilities. When Anna has to leave Yalta, that is where they think their relationship ends— until Dmitri goes to S—— to surprise Anna. However, the reality of their relationship finally came into light for both of them. When Anna sees Dmitri she is unpleasantly shocked and realizes all the implications of their relationship. She says “We are mad. Go away to-day; go away at once. . . . I beseech you by all that is sacred, I implore you. . . . There are people coming this way” (page 8). Outside of Yalta, people will actually recognize them and they realize that their relationship cannot go beyond what was built in the town.