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Old Town businesses pessimistic about Christmas 2017 The Association of the Merchants of Historical Xàbia is not very positive about the expectations for the Christmas campaign this year. In fact, its president, Juan Planelles, predicted that it will be “terrible”. Planelles based his claim on November data, which he said, “reflect bad sales, something that is common in the old town.” According to him, close to 50% of the houses and business premises in this part of the town are empty. According to Planelles “we have to fix the historic centre so that people want to come, both to start a business to buy in these places, and to live in the neighborhood.” From Las Provincias Agenda 21 Update Christine Betterton Jones