Issue No. 1939
1 - 7 September 2022
COSTA BLANCA NORTH • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Photo credit: Hosbec
HELP FOR HOSBEC Linda Hall
GENERALITAT president Xi‐ mo Puig has come to the rescue of the region’s hote‐ liers. Interestingly, this state‐ ment did not come from the regional government itself but from Hosbec, the association which repre‐ sents Valencian Communi‐ ty hotel‐owners. Puig announced towards the end of August that a specific regional plan would enable hotels to continue collaborating with pensioners’ Imserso winter holidays pro‐ gramme subsidised by Spain’s central govern‐ ment. Despite hoteliers’ soar‐ ing overheads, the Ministry of Social Rights headed by Ione Belarra, confirmed that Imserso hoteliers would be paid just €22 per person per day for full board.
VALENCIA MEETING: Generalitat aid will enable hotels to remain open this winter.
Many warned that they would have to close dur‐ ing the winter, resulting in lost jobs and a slowdown for the local economy. Puig has now revealed that the regional govern‐ ment will provide another €6 per head per night for each Imserso tourist. “Given the Spanish gov‐ ernment’s passivity, the Valencian government took action and came up with a programme which
applies exclusively to Va‐ lencian Community estab‐ lishments taking part in Social Tourism pro‐ grammes,” a Hosbec
statement declared short‐ ly after a meeting with Puig.
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