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The Torrevieja carnival, which was declared of Autonomous Tourist Interest last May, will return to the streets of Torrevieja next year after a stoppage during this 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mayor of Fiestas has wanted to encourage all the comparsas and carnivals to be part of this multi-colored festival that runs through the streets of Torrevieja during the month of February. In the words of the president of the association "this is the starting gun for carnival 2022, which we hope we can do with all normality, since everything is already prepared for its celebration."

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 Torrevieja City Council Party Department has prepared a special program for the celebrations in honor of the patron saint of Torrelamata, the Virgen del Rosario, which will begin on September 28.

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

Torrevieja will host this next Saturday, August 28, at midnight, a great pyrotechnic show within the “Torna la llum” program of the Alicante Provincial Council, in support of this traditional and deep-rooted productive sector of festivals throughout the city. Valencian Community. The Torrevieja City Council Party Department has managed the firing of this important fireworks display, which will contain some very eye-catching water sections. As a whole, the show will also be a festive attraction for all citizens and, especially, for all those who spend their vacations these days in Torrevieja.

The Department of Festivities of the Torrevieja City Council has presented the bases with which the process for the election of the new Queen of Salt and her Ladies of Honor begins. It does so after having extended, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for one year the current Queen and Samas 2019/2020, Raquel Tévar, María Cases and Cristy Guamán, respectively.

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 Fiestas has highlighted that "after the Torrevieja carnival has celebrated the recent declaration of a festival of Autonomous Tourist Interest of the Valencian Community, it is intended to offer a sample of our parties in summer for Torrevieja residents and for all visitors who are days they share their vacations in our city ”.

It will be next Sunday, August 1, and due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the organization has been forced to suppress the programming of all events that favored the largest concentration of the public, such as dances, gift raffles and the procession through the streets of the Plaza del Calvario area.

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.