Issue No. 1972 20 - 26 April 2023
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The figures are even higher for coastal camp‐ sites throughout the re‐ gion, with 100 per cent of huts and bungalows and 90 per cent of plots occu‐ pied in all three provinces. Rural homes and other types of tourist accommo‐ dation in inland areas reg‐ istered average occupation rates of 86 per cent. Regional Tourism chief Francesc Colomer has es‐ pecially highlighted the re‐
Caring men THE Marina Baja Equality Council has launched a cam‐ paign to promote gender equality in domestic and care duties. ‘Hombres de cuidados’ in Spanish and ‘Homes de cures’ in Valencian (‘Caring men’) aims to give visibility to families where it is the man who is responsible for the housework and childcare, with the aim of breaking down barriers and providing new male references for children and young people to promote a fairer society. The campaign takes the form of a series of posters on advertising billboards, social networks and web‐ sites of all the district town halls.
covery of international tourism, with figures for the first three months of the year higher than dur‐ ing the same period in 2019. Sr Colomer has also con‐ gratulated the sector on its efforts to encourage the “deseasonalisation, inter‐ nationalisation and diversi‐ fication” of the tourism trade.
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THEY’RE BACK
ALL figures suggest that tourism in the Valencia Re‐ gion has returned to pre‐ Covid levels at last. Hotel occupation rates along the coast averaged 84 per cent over Easter ‐ 4.7 per cent higher than expected, and thanks largely to last‐minute reservations. Alicante Province aver‐ aged occupation rates of 83 per cent, with Benidorm registering 84 per cent.
Tourists in Benidorm at Easter.