THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 12 16 Issue No. 1943
29 Sept - 5 Oct 2022
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BEST OKTOBERFEST EVER Tamsin Brown AVENIDA ESPERANTO in Torrox Costa was flooded with German spirit from September 22 to 25 during what was the municipali ty’s eighth edition of the famous Oktoberfest. The mayor of Torrox, Óscar Medina, accompa nied by the consul of the Federal Republic of Ger many in Malaga, Arnulf Braun, and the councillor for Commerce, Sandra Ex tremera, were in charge of tapping the first beer bar rel and exclaiming “O’zapft is!”, which means “it is tapped” in the Bavar ian dialect and signifies that the festival is official ly underway. Medina speaks a little German and did not hesi tate to address the festival goers in their own lan guage. Torrox has a signifi cant German population, which is why every effort is made to make the festi val bigger and better ev ery year. This year, more people attended the event than ever before. They were
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Credit: Rincon de la Victoria Town Hall
Leonardo Fernández Graña received the Rincon de la Victoria Tourism Award.
Credit: Torrox Town Hall
GERMAN SPIRIT: The inauguration of this year’s Oktoberfest in Torrox.
able to enjoy a wide vari ety of German beer brands and craft beer alongside typical dishes such as sausages and pork knuckles. The atmosphere was fantastic and it was
clear that everyone want ed to have a good time. When Oktoberfest end ed, the mayor expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of the festival and said that they are al
ready preparing the next one with the intention of topping the success of this year’s edition, which he described as “the best Ok toberfest in the history of Torrox.”
Beach pride TORRE DEL MAR partici pated in the International Seabed CleanUp on Sat urday, September 24, on the Poniente beach. This was the eighth edi tion of the event organ ised by the Marine Watchers Network and Proyecto Libera, and it had the support of the Apañao Sub diving club. The deputy mayor of Torre del Mar, Jesús Pérez Atencia, said: “This is an activity to raise awareness and remove urban waste in environ
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mental areas. This clean ing of the seabed serves not only to remove nu merous polluting objects from the sea, but also to teach people about the importance of not leaving rubbish in open areas.”
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Young people helped to clean the beach in Torre del Mar.
TO mark the occasion of World Tourism Day, Rincon de la Victoria organised a range of activities for all audiences with the aim of celebrating tourism and highlighting the importance of the sector in the mu nicipality. “Our municipality is a tourist destination that con tinues to grow and we believe it was necessary to prepare these events as another way for visitors and tourists to get to know Rincon de la Victoria,” said Antonio José Martín, the councillor for Tourism. The mayor, Francisco Salado, also highlighted “the enor mous amount of work we have been doing over the past few years to put Rincon de la Victoria at the forefront of tourism on the Costa del Sol.” The event took place from September 23 to 27, and highlights included free concerts, a golf tourna ment and special tours of the Cueva del Tesoro.