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Gastronomy, tourism and agriculture of the Vega Baja: business opportunities and challenges.

The councilor for Tourism and Hospitality, Rosario Martínez, the general director of Turisme Comunitat Valenciana, Herick Campos, and the president of the Association of Hospitality Companies of Torrevieja and Comarca (AEHTC), José Ignacio Pastor, have presented this morning the VII Gastrocultural Festival of Vega Baja "Gastro Vegabaja" that will take place from October 28 to 30 at the Torrevieja International Auditorium.

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.

The team of researchers from the University of Alicante, led by Professor Rosa María Martínez Espinosa, is studying the use of halophilic microorganisms to clean contaminated water and brines before they are returned to the sea. Microorganisms consume these contaminants as food and make them disappear. At the same time, they create a biomass that can be used to make bioplastics. A raw material that can replace polluting plastics.

The Association of Naturalists of the Southeast (ANSE), with the support of NaturGreen and under the direction of the Department of the Environment of the City Council of Torrevieja, directed by Antonio Vidal, has been advancing in the recovery of the plant formations of the Municipal Natural Park Molino del Water in La Mata. During the 2022 campaign, the implantation of 500 seedlings of dune species is planned in order to improve the vegetation cover and recover threatened species or species that became extinct in the province of Alicante.

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

The Torrevieja Venue will host this Thursday, November 25, the second conference of the "Dialogues in the Territory" Cycle organized by the University of Alicante at its university venues. Specifically, this appointment will take place at the Torrevieja Headquarters, located in the "Virgen del Carmen" Cultural Center at 7:00 p.m., with the conference "From the Torrevieja Lagoon to industry and medicine", by Rosa Mª Martínez Espinosa, professor of the Department of Agrochemistry and Biochemistry of the University of Alicante, with the presentation by Ricardo Recuero, Councilor for Innovation of the Torrevieja City Council.

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