Xàbia asks for grants to improve
cultural heritage tourism
The Department of Tourism has made
a request to the Valencian Tourism
Agency for two grants.
The first will allow the renovation
of the exterior lighting around the
church-fortress of San Bartolomé,
and the second to fund new directional signs to guide the visitor around
the cultural heritage of the historic
centre and the port. For full story see:
Javeamigos
Tourism gridlock this summer ?
As Europeans turn away from Turkey, Tunisia, Egypt, and any other
destination tinged with a threat of
terrorism, Spain – along with Portugal, Greece and Italy – is picking up
the trade.
That’s good economic news – but
Spain’s holiday hotspots are creaking
at the seams…In Barcelona there is
full-throated debate over tourist capacity.
Last year the new mayor, Ada Colau, allowed stallholders to ban big
groups of tourists from la Boqueria
market at set times and stopped all licensing for new tourist accommodation, which had tripled in a decade….
(however) the tourism industry is beginning to see sustainability as a goal.
“It’s not an overnight thing. Mallorca
will have a difficult summer, but we
have to balance the positive with the
negative.
Tourism brings in jobs, income,
growth and a benefit across the economy, but we have to watch the balance sheet, and while we’re not there
yet, that is beginning to be accepted.”
for full story see: The Guardian
Xàbia installs energy efficient street
lighting
Xàbia has invested some 380,000
euros in installing new modern and
more efficient street lighting across
town.
The investment will save the council
some 53,000 euros in maintenance
costs and electricity bills. The total
cost was 380,000 euros, of which
140,000, just over a third, was provided by the Diputación de Alicante :
For full story see: Javeamigos
Benitatxell launches new website
in four languages
El Poble Nou de Bentatxell has
lunched a modern, new website in
four languages: the two official languages Castellano and Valenciano,
as well as English and German (Benitatxell - in English). The idea is to
improve the dissemination of information among residents about municipal matters. From XAD