Torremolinos: Sports City – the council’s bet paid off – Costa News Spain

Torremolinos pitched itself as Sports City in 2024, and it repaid, generating over EUR2 million for the Costa del Sol community with continual significant showing off occasions.

The quantity increased with sporting activities tourist in 2024 saw a 47 percent boost on the previous year, getting to 4,691 individuals that especially took a trip to Torremolinos to take part in, or assist with affordable sporting activities occasions, where there was a 1,507 boost in professional athletes contrasted to 2023.

There were a total amount of 233 groups contending in a selection of occasions in Torremolinos in 2024, lots of from main and north Europe, of which 150 were swimming, 64 football, 14 sports, and 5 in multi-sports.

This notes a boost of 88 groups contrasted to the previous year, a number that offers a great signal that the job being performed to draw in sportspeople is functioning, according to the councillor for sporting activities, Ramón Alcalde.

Torremolinos sporting activities occasions increased over EUR2 million straight

From a financial viewpoint, sporting activities tourist created a straight financial effect of EUR2,213,834 in 2024, 45% greater than the EUR1,522,400 number in 2023.

Overnight remains connected to sporting activities tourist expanded substantially also, with 40 percent greater than in the past, getting to 26,791.

Swimming was one of the most preferred self-control, giving Torremolinos over 2,500 swimmers, that mainly used the Virgen del Carmen III exterior Olympic swimming pool for practice.

2,580 swimmers that, primarily, have actually utilized the Virgen del Carmen III exterior Olympic swimming pool. Football has actually drawn in 1,674 sportspeople, sports amounted to 232, and one more 205 professional athletes have actually come for multi-sports groups.

Plainly, this approach for advertising the community as a center for large showing off occasions is starting to repay, and consequently aiding to improve the yields of regional services while branching out the Torremolinos far from being simply a seasonal location for sunlight, sea and sangria holidaymaking.