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Torrevieja consolidates its position as a benchmark in tourism innovation with a conference focused on the use of data for smart destinations.

09.06.2025
Torrevieja consolidates its position as a benchmark in tourism innovation with a conference focused on the use of data for smart destinations.
The event served to consolidate Torrevieja as a living laboratory for tourism innovation, where the intelligent use of data is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and with a more integrated and resilient vision of the territory.

Torrevieja will offer the first degree in Tourism Business Management from the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche.

05.06.2025
Torrevieja will offer the first degree in Tourism Business Management from the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche.
The new building will have capacity for 430 students and 50 AGAMED workers, in two completely different spaces. The mayor has highlighted that the integration of the three universities in the University Headquarters of Torrevieja (UA, UMH and UNED) demonstrates that it is possible to collaborate together and open up to all of them to offer the best offer and services to the students of our city. It is expected that by the end of this year the entire building will be fully completed and during the first quarter of 2026, once it has been equipped, it will be opened.

Torrevieja strengthens the care of its green areas with twice as many professionals and three times as many vehicles.

05.05.2025
Torrevieja strengthens the care of its green areas with twice as many professionals and three times as many vehicles.
The City Council will create 90,000 square metres of new green areas over the next few years and plant more than 15,000 trees. The number of professionals assigned to the service will double, going from 59 to 113, while the number of vehicles and machinery will triple, from 25 to 68 units. The contract covers the maintenance of 362 public spaces, including parks, gardens, squares, sports areas and play areas, totaling more than 2 million square metres, which represents an increase of 800,000 square metres compared to the areas currently maintained, which amount to 1.2 million square metres.

The contracting file for drafting the project and managing the adaptation and expansion works at the Libertas High School has been approved by the General Assembly of the Government of Spain.

17.04.2025
The contracting file for drafting the project and managing the adaptation and expansion works at the Libertas High School has been approved by the General Assembly of the Government of Spain.

The base budget for the project's tender amounts to 209,760 euros (VAT included), with the planned investment for the execution of the works to adapt and expand the IES Libertas amounting to 3,149,262 euros.

Torrevieja joins Earth Hour on Saturday, March 22, with the switching off of the lights in five emblematic squares of the city.

17.03.2025
Torrevieja joins Earth Hour on Saturday, March 22, with the switching off of the lights in five emblematic squares of the city.
The city of Torrevieja will join Earth Hour next Saturday, March 22nd, with the switching off of public lighting in five iconic squares: Plaza de la Constitución, Plaza Miguel Hernández, Plaza del Centro Cultural Virgen del Carmen, Plaza de Oriente, and Plaza de Encarnación Puchol de La Mata. All lights in these squares will remain off from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.