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COMMITTED TO ORIHUELA Photo credit: GVA.es
THE Vega Baja will receive €1 million from the Gener alitat’s Municipal Coopera tion Fund to promote Tourism. Visiting Orihuela Costa on Thursday August 11, the regional Tourism Board’s director general, Herick Campos, announced that €110,000 of this will be al located to Orihuela. The city has received €300,000 via this fund since 2018, Campos pointed out. In addition, approximately €1.1 million had been spent on infrastructure im provements to Orihuela Costa’s beaches since 2018, as well as emergency help during the pandemic, he added. A further €1.2 million for the beaches had been made available by the Tourist Board and Diputa cion provincial council be tween them, under the Tourism Recovery and Gov ernance Plan, Campos said. During his meeting with
ORIHUELA MEETING: Generalitat cash for improvements to Orihuela Costa’s beaches.
Orihuela mayor Carolina Gracia and the respective councillors for Beaches and Tourism, Campos empha sised the Tourism Board’s “total commitment” to Ori huela. “This has already been demonstrated by our in vestments in recent years,” he said.
Both the Tourism Board and Orihuela City Hall agreed in the course of the meeting to cooperate on promoting tourism while improving the local beach es as well as the coast’s Tourist Info offices. Also under discussion was the need to move to wards steady yearround
tourism instead of the high season influx. Above all, Orihuela may or Carolina Gracia drew at tention to the regional gov ernment’s efforts in maintaining and improving the Orihuela Costa beach es. “They are fundamental to our tourism,” she said.
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