THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 34 - 37 Issue No. 1905
6 - 12 January 2022
New ambulance coverage BENITACHELL at last has its own ambulance service. The town is the base for an‐ other of the Basic Life Support (SVB) ambulances already as‐ signed by the regional Health department to Denia, Javea, Calpe and Pego in the Marina Alta. The ambulance is a long‐ standing request owing to Benitachell’s numerous elderly residents of all nationalities, many of whom live in outlying urbanisations, local mayor Miguel Angel Garcia said. The vehicle is now housed in Proteccion Civil’s former head‐ quarters in Calle Capelletes, ex‐ plained Benitachell’s Health councillor Isa Garrido. The am‐ bulance also has a reserved parking space in front of the building. This fifth ambulance has been operative for a year, based in Moraira, although the health authorities pointed out the municipality is still covered, since the Benitachell ambu‐ lance will be providing a ser‐ vice for Teulada‐Moraira, Javea and Calpe.
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An all-round ‘no’ COUNCILLORS at Benidorm’s last 2021 plenary session vot‐ ed unanimously to ask the regional government not to in‐ troduce a tourist tax. The approved motion maintained that “some regional government voices” wanted a tax directly affecting the competitiveness of businesses offering holiday accommo‐ dation. It would reduce tourists’ spending power, impacting neg‐ atively on the tourist industry’s profits, the motion claimed. “This industry generates more than 13 per cent of the Gross Interior Product and 14 per cent of the Valencian Community’s employment,” the text pointed out. The motion also drew attention to the importance of the region’s internal tourism, commenting that probably 30 per cent of those paying the tax would be Valencian Communi‐ ty tourists. In the Marina Alta, members of the Association of Hospi‐ tality and Tourism Business‐owners (AEHTA) were equally opposed to the possibility of the tourist tax, albeit what “municipal and voluntary” is planned for 2023. AEHTA called on the area’s mayors and councillors to take their part and demonstrate their support by opposing the tax.