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Child’s body THE lifeless body of a five-year-old child was found in an irrigation ditch in Callosa de Segura. There were no signs of any violence.
Fire victim A WOMAN, 76, has died in a fire at her home in Avenida de la Constitucion, Mazarron.
Lingo swap A LANGUAGE exchange programme is starting between Spaniards and foreign residents in Rojales.
26 SEPTEMBER - 2 OCTOBER 2013
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Business is booming Region sees highest increase in foreign tourists THE Valencia Region, including Costa Blanca hotspots has seen Spain’s highest increase in international tourist arrivals in the first eight months of the year. The Frontier Tourist Movement Survey (Frontur) highlighted an increase of 11.8 per cent in the region, to 4.3 million tourists, representing 9.9 per cent of all arrivals. Among the autonomous communities, Catalonia, with a rise of 6.5 per cent, saw the largest percentage of foreign visitors, 26.1 per cent of the total arrivals, followed by the Balearic Islands, with an increase of 8.3 per cent and 19.7 per cent of the total arrivals through August. In the same month, Murcia
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saw an increase in foreign travellers of 20.7 per cent. The number of tourists visiting the Costa Blanca increased in August by 33,000 people from August 2012, of
which almost half were foreigners. The average tourist stays on the Costa Blanca 4.52 days, which is less than in most major tourist destinations in Spain.