Raúl Carrascal, representing the
Diputación de Alicante, explained
than an investment of 200,000
euros will be made to protect
the urban-forest zone and in
Cansalades, the secure zone will
be enlarged from 6 to 16 metres
in width. Another 42,000 euros
will be used to treat areas which
escaped the fire by thinning out
the forest to reduce the density of
trees to both allow the growth of
vegetation and avoid the risk of
another forest fire. For full story
see: Javeamigos
Health Tourism brings in
some €307 million
Private health care is cheaper
in Spain than in many other
countries, and private hospitals
acre cashing in by providing
treatments to visitors to the tune
of some €307 million. The main
demands are for IVF, prosthesis
and plastic surgery, and the
healthcare tourists tend to spend
ten times as much as the average
sun and beach tourist. 20% of the
treatments are for IVF according to
Spaincares (From Las Provincias
Sunday Edition)
Xàbia fails in bid to get EU
development funds
...but will go ahead with the project
in any case
Xàbia’s proposal called “Fent
Xàbia” designed to get co-
financing from the EU via the
EDUSI programme has failed
to win any funding. The only
successful one was Calpe, while
Xàbia, Denia and Teulada came
away empty handed. However the
Town Hall has already budgeted
for its half of the expenditure and
plans to proceed with aspects of
the project in any case. From: Las
Provincias and Xabia al Dia.