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The Councilor for Education of the Torrevieja City Council, Ricardo Recuero, has welcomed the work of Ars Creatio in the culture of the city, saying that “Ars Creatio is essential for the cultural survival of our city”.

Included in the MEDNIGHT project for the dissemination of Mediterranean science around the European Night of Researchers, the Torrevieja City Council, the MUDIC and the Ars Creatio Cultural Association open the Museum of Natural History to the public with free guided tours.

The Councilor for Education of the Torrevieja City Council, Ricardo Recuero, the director of the Interactive Didactic Museum of Sciences of the Vega Baja (MUDIC) María del Carmen Perea, and María Luisa Molina on behalf of the Ars Creatio Cultural Association, have presented the activities and MEDNIGHT programming, a joint action with Science as a common flag and in which Universities, outreach centers and research centers from Greece, Cyprus, the Valencian Community and the Region of Murcia participate.

The Laguna Rosa has been used for the extraction of salt and, more recently, a tourist use of the immediate surroundings has begun. However, uses such as hydrotherapeutic, cosmetic and biotechnological have not been explored to date Diversifying the Torrevieja economy was one of the conclusions of the Torrevieja Strategic Tourism Plan, which points out the opportunity to work on endogenous resources that provide Torrevieja with differentiating elements and constitute competitive advantages to attract entrepreneurial talent and generate qualified employment The Torrevieja City Council has commissioned the General Foundation of the University of Alcalá (FGUA) to carry out a technical-legal study on the viability of these new uses

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.

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

"Sola" is a short made in black and white, of great visual impact and that seeks to provoke emotions, immersing the viewer in an atmosphere of intrigue. It is a work directly influenced by the cinema of the master Hitchcock. The premiere will be attended by the Torrevieja María José Andréu, the main actress in whose performance falls the weight of the work, and the choreographer of the work, David García Marcos. "Sola" is directed by Javier Gallardo and the music created by Alonso Cases.

The Municipal Institute of Culture "Joaquín Chapaprieta" dedicates its next edition of Eras de Cine to the genre of Adventures. Las Eras de la Sal will host the screening of four films on August 30 and 31 and September 1 and 2, at 9:30 p.m., with free admission until full capacity is reached, and can be picked up from 8:00 p.m. the day of the screening at the Eras de la Sal box office.

The Councilor for Culture of the Torrevieja City Council, Antonio Quesada, and the director of the event and head of Turmalina Films, Lidiana Rodríguez, presented this morning the sixth edition of TORREVIEJA AUDIOVISUAL, the national festival of fiction and animation short films that It will be held at the Municipal Theater on September 3 and 4, at 9:00 p.m., and it returns after five years without being held.

The Councilor for Culture, José Antonio Quesada, together with the director of the Festival, Tatiana Denisova Kaunova, the artistic director, Lev Gelbard, and the cellist, Lana Gruen, have presented this morning the second edition of the festival of classical music and opera "Sol Music Festival Torrevieja" to be held from August 12 to 15 in the chamber hall of the International Auditorium of Torrevieja.

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 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.

This amount has been distributed between nominative grants, with an amount of 160,000 euros and free competition grants, with a total of 24,600 euros.

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.