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Doggy paddle NOT all Campello residents approve of the dogs-allowed beach. Four residents’ associations are threatening legal action against the town hall unless dogs are banned from the Punta del Riu.
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Stay-at-home ALFAZ DEL PI has been officially declared ‘eviction-free’ in a motion backed by all political parties. The council called on the regional government to intervene before the courts issued an eviction notice.
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Miami is looking to follow Benidorm lead
BENIDORM and Miami’s respective mayors met recently and agreed that they had much to learn from each other. Earlier Miami mayor Tomas
Regalado praised Benidorm for overcoming the problem of seasonal tourism. “We have fluid year-round tourism but have not perfected maintaining sustainable tourism 12
Big spenders FOREIGN tourists spent €1.620 billion in the Valencian Community between January and May, a 1.2 per cent increase on 2013. Eighty per cent of them stayed on the Costa Blanca.
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months of the year,” he admitted. Benidorm mayor Agustin Navarro also hoped to learn from Miami, he said, and looked forward to receiving a detailed run-down of its finance system. But Antonio Mayor, president of the Hosbec hoteliers association who was also present, later stressed that Benidorm “is not Miami.” Taking the reference to Miami's finance system as an allusion to the $1 a night tax paid by Miami tourists and the $3 imposed on cruise passengers, Mayor conceded that Cataluña also imposes a tourist tax. His reaction was prompted by suspicions need” banners proclaimed as “Xabia diu that Benidorm mayor no” protestors, many in black to Agustin Navarro could be symbolise pollution, formed a human planning a tourism tax like chain on Arenal Beach. Miami’s.
Javea says no to oil
JAVEA’s battle against oil exploration in the Gulf of Valencia is gathering momentum. “No oil! We’ve more energy than we
Calpe joins pirate accommodation war THE crackdown on unregistered apartments is set to intensify. Calpe’s holiday rental businesses, increasingly frustrated by the proliferation of illegal lets,
passed on their concerns to Tourism Councillor Jan van Parijs. The sector accounts for approximately 15,000 of the town’s tourist beds but landlords are cutting
corners by failing to register. Others offer accommodation on internet websites, they complained. The regional government is aware of their worries,
tourism chief Jose Enrique del Campo told members of the Consorci Calpe tourism association, and has launched an awareness campaign to pursue pirate offers.
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