Benalmádena on 'right track' to attract more tourists from places as diverse as China and Poland - CSN

Benalmádena on ‘proper monitor’ to draw extra vacationers from locations as numerous as China and Poland – CSN


Tony Bryant

Tuesday, 10 September 2024, 13:29

Benalmádena’s councillor for seashores, tourism and international residents Presi Aguilera has introduced numerous actions which were carried out at the beginning of the brand new political 12 months, which she mentioned included numerous methods and actions centered on capturing new markets similar to China or the Nordic nations, in addition to consolidating different markets which can be “rising once more with nice energy”, similar to Germany.

The councillor highlighted the vacation spot’s glorious 2024 summer time season, which, in response to knowledge offered by the Aehcos hoteliers’ affiliation, reached 97.64 per cent resort occupancy in August, “figures that divulge to us we’re heading in the right direction, capturing new markets, whereas selling giant occasions and our traditions”.

Aguilera mentioned that the municipality attended numerous tourism gala’s in an effort to promote the city and “seize a wider market”, such because the FITUR world journey market, the ITB in Berlin, the IFTM in Paris, Expovacaciones in Bilbao, and B-Journey in Barcelona.

Together with these initiatives, the councillor mentioned: “We’ve got chosen to strengthen the strains of collaboration with different cities and cities to seize different markets, similar to Poland, and China, particularly the town of Dongying, with which Benalmádena has lately been twinned.”

She additionally praised the creation of a digital tourism platform and the settlement for a strategic plan with specialists from the College of Malaga (UMA).

When it comes to seashores, Aguilera defined that new initiatives for cleansing and preservation had been applied, in addition to the regeneration of emblematic seashores similar to Santa Ana, El Bil Bil, Arroyo de la Miel, Melilleros, Torrequebrada and Torrevigía. Together with this, the tailored bathing service for folks with mobility restrictions was applied in Carvajal and Fuente de la Salud.

Aguilera identified that different initiatives had enforced the city’s worldwide attraction, which included new occasions just like the ‘Fiesta del Turismo’, and the city’s first Satisfaction celebrations, in addition to the quite a few events devoted to the municipality’s American, Argentinean, British, German, Hindu and Muslim communities.

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