Tourist municipality

MOJACAR is excited to confirm that it is set to become an official Tourist Municipality of Andalucia.

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Arturo Bernal, announced that the Council of Government will imminently approve the declaration of Mojacar as a Tourist Municipality of Andalusia (MTA).

of the application.

The event saw residents plant more than 600 rosemary plants, while being serenaded with tuneful melodies by more than 70 young musicians who are in the orchestra.

due to ‘administrative obstacles’, despite the fact that it does not currently have any specific protection.

The Molino de la Cerra is a flour mill that was commissioned in 1880 by the French photographer Guillaume Guiard Burgalat.

The declaration as a Tourist Municipality of Andalucia can be applied for by towns with a legal population of no more than 100,000 inhabitants and which meet, among others, a series of requirements relating to the volume of overnight stays and the number of visitors received.

The annual average number of daily overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments must be higher than 10 per cent of the municipality’s residents, according to the municipal census figures declared official at the time

They must also accredit that they have a municipal tourism quality plan, which includes measures to improve services and benefits, and a consistent offer based on heritage, natural, cultural, ethnographic, sporting or leisure resources, and that they have minimum infrastructures to attend to their visitors.

The mayor of Almeria, María del Mar Vázquez praised the initiative, which followed the ‘De La Tierra’ concert held the previous day at the Maestro Padilla Auditorium, where guests received rosemary plants for free.

The mayor expressed her gratitude to the OCAL for creating an initiative that combines music, families, and a love for nature.

Organisers also congratulated members of the orchestra for an incredible performance, despite having to play outdoors.