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Comic museum for Inca

A COMIC museum set to become one of the most important of its kind in Spain is set to open in Inca.

The exhibition centre and library will be housed in Cal Metge Cifre, a 1913 building currently used for municipal activities and the project is led by the Mallorca Comic and New Media Cluster, an association set up in 2011 by the island’s most renowned comic artists.

Inca Town Hall has welcomed the plans and is currently searching for collaborators, with Mayor Virgilio Moreno describing the project as “very important and a great addition to the town’s existing museums,” such as the ones dedicated to the local footwear trade and education.

In addition, Sr Moreno highlighted the fact that comics are “intergenerational, as they interest both children and

Foreign hotel sales boom

THE Balearic Islands were the Spanish region with the highest foreign investment in hotels last year, with operations totalling €900 million.

adults.”

The Cluster and the local council hope that the Inca museum will be “the most important” in Spain, with fixed collections and temporary displays by leading local, national and international artists.

Initial plans also include a cafeteria and a comic shop, as well as a studio for resident artists.

In addition, the islands accounted for half of all hotel sales in 2022 with one of every €4 invested in the tourism market in the country corresponding to the Balearics.

The region has taken over from the previous leaders of the Spanish hotel market, namely the Canary Islands and Madrid.

Nearly 4,000 hotel rooms changed ownership last year with an average price of €190,000 each in Mallorca, compared to the €170,000 of the rest of Spain. THE Llevant train line will finally run through Manacor.

Manacor train connection announced

Balearic Islands President Francina Armengol and Manacor mayor Miquel Oliver this week presented the plans to re­ open the Enllaç ­ Artà connection that will enable the service to cover the town.

The Manacor line will run from the current train station along the Paseo del Ferrocarril to the new

Manacor­Este station, covering a distance of 1.7 kilometres.

The service will require a complete overhaul of the avenue, which will be renovated with more space for pedestrians, non ­ motorised mobility and public transport.

A new road will be created to divert traffic from the Paseo del Ferrocarril and a new car park will be built at Manacor­Este station at the town exit towards Sant Llorenç to encourage drivers to leave their car and take the train.

In general, the project is aimed at reducing the use of private transport, boosting sustainable mobility and lowering noise pollution.

Since 2015, the regional government has made a number of improvements to train transport in Mallorca, such as electrifying the whole network and the Palma tram service, among others.

Graffiti clampdown

MALLORCA island council has passed a motion to step up the cleaning and prevention of graffiti on walls and public property. Spokespeople for the executive have noted that the presence of graffiti is increasing, more specifically “a type of painting that damages and defaces public property” in the words of Ciudadanos councillor Ángel Hoyos, who tabled the motion.

The Consell will now urge the regional government to double its efforts to solve the problem. The motion suggests implementing new building materials and systems that act as repellents for graffiti and prevent it from taking hold, among other measures.

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