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The Councilor for Tourism of the City Council of Torrevieja, Rosario Martínez Chazarra, informs that today, Tuesday, September 27, on the occasion of World Tourism Day, the visit of 18 students and 2 teachers from the GIAT (Guide, Information and Tourist Assistance) module of the Mare Nostrum Institute in our city.

Yesterday, the Municipal Council of Tourism was held in the Plenary Hall of the City Council of Torrevieja, chaired by the mayor of the city, Eduardo Dolón, where important present and future issues related to the tourist development of the city were discussed. city, and which had the support of all its members. The mayor thanked all the councilors for their participation and contributions to improve our first productive sector, being essential for the development of the present and future of Torrevieja.

This event, carried out by Ociomar together with the Torrevieja City Council, began at 10:00 am with the so-called Marinera Route in the fishing port. The attendees were able to learn about the seafaring origin of the city, the first fishing dock (Mínguez dock), the different fishing gear and the boats where the fishermen work, bringing fresh fish from the sea every day. After the tour of the fishing dock, they were able to visit the fish market, where the guides Adrian, Kate and Brad explained to all those present how the auction works, as well as other peculiarities of it.

On December 1, the face-to-face sale of 3.0 bonds will open at the Office of Commerce and Occupation of Public Roads. On Friday, December 3 from 4:00 p.m., the online sale will open. The sum of the three editions amounts to a total investment by the Torrevieja City Council of 1,500,000 euros, which represents an economic impact of 3,000,000 euros

Of the 36 trades that the SICTED covers, there are 15 represented in Torrevieja, led in the number of distinguished by restaurants, bars and cafeterias, shops and hotels, also participating municipal agencies such as beaches, citizen security, natural park and tourism

Three Belgian journalists representing several important media in the Flemish market, Tom Marees, from the SeriorenNet medium focused on an audience over 60, Dominique Trachet, from Primo, specialized in lifestyle and Birgit Defoort, general director of a tourism consultancy have participated in a guided tour with bird watching in the Natural Park of the Lagunas de Torrevieja and La Mata, carried out by the company Oxytours and in the company of the representative of PROVIA, Diego Bascuñanma. Your journey through the south of the Costa Blanca will continue through the neighboring city of Orihuela.

The Torrevieja headquarters of the UA gave a theoretical-practical Biotechnology-based course focused on knowing the diversity of microorganisms that live in the water column and sediments of the Laguna Rosa de Torrevieja and similar ecosystems, as well as highlighting the importance of microorganisms Extremophiles of these ecosystems in the natural environment.

This familiarization trip (fam trip) has been organized by the Provincial Tourist Board of the Costa Blanca, in collaboration with the Torrevieja City Council and the Spanish Tourism Office in Copenhagen

During its stay in these European cities, Pascual Flores has received about 12,000 visitors, who have come on board to learn about its history and the fabulous maritime heritage of Torrevieja that this ship represents, as an itinerant "ambassador" for tourism and cultural promotion. of the city and a symbol of the classic Mediterranean sailing ships In the month of October it will arrive again at the port of Torrevieja but before that it will participate in the Escala a Castelló Maritime Festival

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

The councilor secretary of the Local Government Board of the Torrevieja City Council, Federico Alarcón, has informed this morning of the approval of the file, specifications of technical prescriptions and administrative clauses for the contracting of the integral maintenance service, replacement, general repair and conservation of the irrigation systems of the green areas and public roads, including all the elements that are necessary for their correct operation, construction, management and viability of the municipality of Torrevieja. It should be noted that the works, extensions, modifications and any other circumstance that affects the contract will be the property of the City Council, once executed and certified. The duration of the contract will be three years, with an annual extension of two years. The maximum duration, if the corresponding extensions are agreed upon, will be 5 years. The estimated value of the contract amounts to 1,507,172.60 euros, with the base bid budget being 301,434 euros.

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.