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Flights into Alicante-Elche increase by 60%
As restrictions fall, the El Altet air terminal will operate about a hundred flights this week, both arrivals and departures with different British airports, which represents an increase of close to 60% compared to the previous week, according to figures provided by Aena .
Following removal of the need on Monday, for UK passengers to undergo mandatory PCR tests in order to enter Spain the Costa Blanca’s relationship with it’s main source market, the United Kingdom, is growing, despite the fact that the lifting of restrictions has not been reciprocal.
Spain remains in ‘amber’ on the now famous British traffic light system, so unless the situation changes those same tourists will be forced to undergo a test and quarantine on their return to their country of origin, which continues to discourage travel.
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The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and the president of the Association of Southeast Naturalists (ANSE), Pedro García, have signed an agreement by which Torrevieja becomes part of the Network of municipalities for the adaptation of pollinators for change climate.
The signing of the agreement was attended by the Councillor for the Environment, Antonio Vidal, and the municipal biologist, Juan Antonio Pujol. By joining this project, the Torrevieja Council complies with one of the sustainable development objectives and addresses the protection of wild bees.
Repairs have been carried out after a sinkhole appeared on Avenida de los Marineros, on Playa del Cura in Torrevieja after the 2020 storm. This storm caused a huge sinkhole in a section of the retaining wall. The detached sections of the seafront were demolished to stabilise it, filling it from the beach with stones and its subsequent shotcrete, until the wall was closed, in order to fil
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The Spanish tourism minister, Fernando Valdes Verelst, said on Tuesday that a vaccine passport will enable Britons to visit for their summer holidays, and while the UK’s holiday ‘green list’ will not be announced until early May, many Britons will take this positive news as their cue to start planning.
After a chequered year for travel (to say the least), Spanish tourism workers will be crossing their fingers for bumper bookings over the coming months. And since Spain is the most popular destination for UK holidaymakers, it seems more than likely that we ll be happy to oblige.
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Mystery surrounds Princess Dianaâs visit to Alicante
A year before her death Princess Diana made a short visit to Alicante as she attempted to evade harassment from the British press.
She stayed for just the one night at the Sidi San Juan hotel having left London in a hurry, incognito and without an escort. She was only accompanied by her secretary, who remained at the terminal to pick up the suitcases as she tried to mislead journalists and photographers.
It was on May 3, 1996 when the ex-wife of The Prince of Wales arrived at El Altet airport at (.30 in the evening, on an Iberia flight from Heathrow.