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Residents choice
NINE projects will benefit from a €145,000 grant from the Calvià council budget.
The funds will be allocated to a series of projects and services chosen by the residents themselves, who were able to vote on how the funds from the budgets of this 2023 will be used.
The following approvals will go ahead.
Improvement of the perimeter of the skating rink and construction of changing rooms, €30,000.
Roof installation at the CEIP Son Ferrer entrances, €30,000.
Pine tree injections against the processionary moth in children's and dog parks, €5,000.
Containers for donations to the SOS Animal shelter, €30,000.
Canine support dog trainer, €5,000.
Drinking water sources, €30,000.
Annual beach polo tournament, €5,000.
Membership of leisure establishments in the prevention of sexual assaults, €5,000.
Snorkelling days on the town's beaches, €5,000.
82 STORIES IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION
IN the first half of the year, almost 5.7 million tourists entered the Balearic Islands, who spent around €6,492 million. The rise in tourists was 9.8 per cent compared to 2022.
According to surveys published on Wednesday, August 2, by the National Statistics Institute (INE) on tourist entries (Frontur) and associated spending (Egatur), the spending of international travellers has been making alltime highs month after month since last November.
The growth is the result of the higher average daily spend per tourist, from €155 in June 2019 to €188 at the end of last June, a rise of 21.3 per cent.
In the case of the Balearic Islands, the average expenditure per person stood at €1,192 per stay, 7.5 per cent more than in 2022, and €184 per day per visitor. The average stay in the Balearic Islands in the first six months was 6.1 days.
