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Foreign spending rises WITH news hitting the headlines last week of the increase in foreign visitors to the Valencia Region, this week it has been revealed how much those tourists spent.
Between January and May, a total of €1.62 billion was spent, 1.2 per cent more than in the same period of 2013. The average spending per visitor rose to €939 with the
average stay being nine nights. The largest amount of tourists originated from the UK and Scandinavia with Russian tourists following. As the figures were released, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism announced that it will invest €1.9 million in improving the wireless internet network in the They were nominated region’s hotels. by President of the ALPE centre, Josefina Sala. She said: “In a society which often talks about young people lacking motivation, it is important to recognise this group of young people for their courage.”
Torrevieja students win award for rescuing injured workman STUDENTS from Las Lagunas schools have been awarded with Torrevieja’s citizenship prize ‘Torrevieja, Mi Ciudad’. Judges unanimously decided to give the award to the students who rushed to the aid of a
workman at the nearby ALPE centre. He had become trapped under a heavy garage door that had fallen on top of him. The students quickly scaled the fence and ran to help him, lifting the garage door off him and saving his life.