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The Councilor for Tourism of the Torrevieja City Council, Rosario Martínez Chazarra, communicates that today, Thursday, September 9, the deadline for submitting applications for financial aid for SMEs, self-employed and professionals who carry out their economic activity in the municipality has been open of Torrevieja, whatever their legal nature, that belong to any of the following productive sectors of the tourist field: leisure and hospitality, regulated accommodation, travel agencies and receptive offer, guides and active tourism companies.

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and the Councilor for Sports, Diana Box, accompanied by the project manager, Carlos Brugarolas, visited the comprehensive repair works of the Sports Palace this morning. Some works that are already being executed and that will be fully completed before the month of December 2021, when the Women's Handball World Championship will begin. The total investment of this important action amounts to 5,588,710 euros.

Among the foreign tourists who have visited the tourist office, the French (29.3%) and Belgians (19%) stand out, representing almost 50% of the visitors of international origin. Among the queries about local information, the Salinas stand out, representing 57.1%, followed by Submarine S-61 Delfín with 12.6%, the island of Tabarca with 11.7%, and the offer of nautical sports 4.9% Hotel occupancy during the month of July exceeded 74 % and, in August, 81%, with the average for this summer period being 78%, practically the same as in the summer of 2019

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, has issued a municipal statement in which he informs that on Saturday, August 21, the 8th stage of the Cycling Tour of Spain will take place, whose itinerary runs through the main streets and avenues of the Torrevieja municipal term. For all these reasons, the roads and streets indicated in this Side will be cut off between 12:15 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. and between 1:30 p.m. and 2:15 p.m., traffic and circulation being totally prohibited. parking on these streets and avenues in this period of time. The withdrawal of vehicles from the route will be carried out from 04:00 hours on August 21 and, given the importance that this sporting event has for Torrevieja, the maximum collaboration of all citizens is requested.

The Mixed Company Aguas del Arco Mediterráneo (AGAMED), has reported on the evolution of water consumption in the city of Torrevieja in the period between June and July 2021, compared to the consumption of 2020 and 2019.

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and the councilor for Quality of Urban Services, Sandra Sánchez, accompanied by the manager of AGAMED, Jorge Ballesta and the deputy manager, Gemma Cruz, have met this morning with the representatives of the residents of the Torreta Florida urbanization, to inform them of the upcoming start of the rainwater works that are going to be undertaken in this area.

This roundabout has been embellished with a total of 28 flamingos, approximately 2 meters high, with a 10-centimeter relief carved in polystyrene and fiberglass on its exterior finish. A fence of approximately 30 meters in length has also been executed that surrounds the entire base of the monument as a visual of the whole. The total investment has amounted to 18,500 euros.

Last Sunday, coinciding with the inauguration of the International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest, the lighting of the new pergola lighting of this central Torrevieja promenade was carried out. The installation has been carried out on the lower part of the metal beams of the pergola, with a flexible aluminum, lacquered in white, which has inside the led strip with a quantity of 180 LEDs per linear meter, being approximately 600 meters the that have been placed. The chosen led strip produces a linear light effect so that the individual spot of illuminated led is not seen.

The Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, signed yesterday the decree for the Tourist Office located in Paseo Vista Alegre to be Collaborating Information Point (PIC) of the Natural Park of Lagunas de La Mata and Torrevieja, within the agreement of collaboration between Turisme Comunitat Valenciana and the Torrevieja City Council for the development of the Tourist Info program, through the maintenance in said network of the tourist information offices of the city.

This morning the Municipal Tourism Council was constituted, chaired by the mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, with the appointment of his members.

The ordination of the public use of the Municipal Natural Area "Molino del Agua" carried out in recent years, and a series of additional measures adopted during this season by the Department of the Environment of the Torrevieja City Council (and which had the collaboration of the Service of Wildlife of the Conselleria de Transición Ecológica and the Provincial Coastal Service), have contributed to at least 4 couples installing their nests as of May, on a linear extension of 370 meters of the total beach / dune complex. During the first spawns a total of 9 chickens were born, while in the second spawns there have been 4 more chickens that have managed to get ahead. In short, 13 new plovers were born in the "Molino del Agua" Municipal Natural Area during 2021.

The Torrevieja University Venue opens tomorrow, Wednesday, July 14, at 9:00 am, the summer course "The Pink Lagoon of Torrevieja: potential applications of its microorganisms", which will end on Thursday, July 15.

The image of the many families who have taken the opportunity to take their photos with their cameras or mobile phones in search of that image to remember in this spectacular enclave, which will return to the delight of Torrevieja next October, has been iconic.

On the morning of Monday, July 5, at the Puerto Deportivo Marina Salinas, the Paralympic rowing boat acquired by the Club Náutico Marina Internacional for the rower Juan Luis Moraes Fiego was presented, thanks to the sponsorship of the joint venture AGAMED.

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and the Councilor for Quality of Urban Services, Sandra Sánchez, have visited this morning together with residents of the urbanization, the construction works of an accessible pedestrian walkway between the nearby cul-de-sac to Joaquín García Sánchez street, at the confluence with the Jardín del Mar III Urbanization, an area known as Doña Inés, due to the obvious need to transit through an area with a significant drop of 1.5 meters.