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Issue No. 1957 5 - 11 January 2023
THE results of Calvia’s annual decoration competition are in, and some 20 local resi dents and businesses have won incredible voucher prizes. The announcement was made by the council on Friday, December 30 after on line voting lasted more than one week. The decoration contest saw locals vote on Facebook for their favourite festive decora tions in Calvia and surround ing towns. Residents decorat ed the fronts of their homes and balconies for a shot at voucher prizes. The biggest prizes were awarded to local residents, Juan Palma Nuñez for the best overall decoration, and Nerea Amelivia Suarez for her decorations using recycled materials. Each won vouchers worth €500 which can be spent at selected local busi nesses.
Photo credit: Ajuntament de Calvia
DAZZLING DECORATIONS
BEST DRESSED: Locals staged festive scenes and placed decorations in the entrances to their homes in a decoration competition in Calvia.
Other prizes were awarded by location to people in Calvia Vila, Es Capdellà, El Toro, Son Ferrer, Galatxó, Santa Ponça, Magaluf, Peguera, Palma No
va, Ses Illetes, Costa d’en Blanes, and Bendinat. First place winners in each town received €300 in prize vouch ers, while those in second
place received €120 of vouch ers. Locals took to Facebook to congratulate the winners, saying the prize money is an excellent way to start 2023.
Tourism hotspot NOW that 2022 is over, Mallor ca’s tourism industry is reflect ing on a year of record recovery from the global pandemic and looking ahead to another year of success in 2023. The year started with a limit on the number of cruise ships allowed in Palma’s port. Palma is the first city in Spain to limit cruise ship arrivals with the rule which allows three cruises to dock each day, but each must have less than 5,000 passengers. A new tourism law was ap proved for Mallorca in February which tightened health and
safety and sustainability regula tions for the industry. During the summer, record numbers of tourists arrived in the Balearic Islands for their hol idays. More than 2.1 million tourists visited the islands, an increase of 67.2 per cent on 2021 figures. The year ended with a sur prise business venture an nounced on Thursday, Decem ber 15 by Melia hotel magnate, Gabriel Escarrer and tennis leg end, Rafa Nadal. Their first hotel is set to open in Mallorca during 2023.
Photo credit: Melia Hotels International (Via Facebook)
Rafa Nadal’s recent hotel deal with Melia was one of the highlights for Mallorca’s hotel industry in 2022.
FREE • GRATIS
Free bus rides THE government has announced free TIB public transport in Calvia. From January 1, the whole TIB bus network will be free of charge for users who use the intermodal card. In this way, the government is extending free travel to the bus network, which in recent months has offered discounts of up to 70 per cent on all journeys. In order to access the free service, it is necessary to ob tain an intermodal public transport card, which can be pur chased in Calvia. The offices are located at: Poliesportiu de Santa Ponca (Carrer Riu Sil, num. 4) and Poliesportiu de Magaluf (Avda. de les Palmeres, num. 23 or carrer Mino, núm. 121).