National Geographic magazine has published a list of the most beautiful towns in Spain that “deserve a trip in 2023” and two of them are in the province of Alicante, specifically in Marina Baixa. These are two common towns in this type of listing: Guadalest and Altea.
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Alicante-Elche airport among the 100 best in the world and the 5th in Spain
The Alicante airport has been the 66th best valued aerodrome in the world in 2022 but has lost 5 places since 2019 due to the stoppage it suffered due to the covid. Alicante-Elche appears in 66th place among the best airports in the world in the 2022 Airhelp ranking.
Best weather october on record
Last month was the hottest October in Spain since records began in 1961, with an average temperature of 18ºC.
It beat the previous record, from October 2017, by 0.8ºC, according to state weather agency Aemet.
The figure was 3.6ºC higher than the average for the period of reference (1981-2010).
Five months of summer and high tourist season in Alicante and Benidorm
Climatology confirms that the hottest season of the year already invades part of spring and autumn on the Costa Blanca. Five months of summer in Alicante and Benidorm, and stretches the tourist season. The Mediterranean Sea continues with unusually high temperatures, with values ranging between 22-24 ºC.
More than half of the tourists who have visited the Costa Blanca this summer will come back in 2023
Foreign tourists (six million) who have visited the Costa Blanca this summer have been satisfied or very satisfied, 55% say they intend to return in the next 12 months, according to the 2022 Visitor Satisfaction Survey
Shake-up for entry procedures to Spain
SOME Covid-19 paperwork checks at Spain’s borders were eliminated this week.
The ministry for health noted that with effect from Tuesday it was no longer necessary for travellers from non-EU countries to fill in the form at the Spain Travel Health (SpTH) website when they enter the country by air or sea.
The decision has been taken due to the ‘evolution of the pandemic around the world’ and to ‘facilitate international travel’.
The 1,800 flights with which the Alicante airport closes August strengthen the recovery of international tourism
The Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández airport will close August with 1,800 flights that strengthen the recovery of international tourism after the pandemic, since the terminal already reaches 90% of the operations it had before the outbreak of the health crisis despite the fact that this summer there are no flights with Russia (they moved 200,000 passengers a year) or with Ukraine due to the war in Eastern Europe.
Magical night at the Castell de l’Olla in Altea
Next Saturday, August 13, enjoy one of the most special nights of the summer with a light and gunpowder show in Altea, one of the most charming towns in Alicante.
Boombastic Festival Benidorm August 2022
A18th, 19th and 20th of August 2022. It’s not just a festival, it’s an experience! Although music is at the heart of Boombastic, the festival was designed as an experience rather than a music event. The experience of living Boombastic: getting married in the Wedding Chapel, seeing a concert from a hot air balloon or a Ferris wheel, competing in the Sports Zone, eating at their Food Trucks and, of course, enjoying the concerts.
“Taxi to Airport” Web: Prize for tourism promotion Entrepreneurial Ideas Contest 2022 Benidorm Council
The Entrepreneurial Ideas Contest returns after the parenthesis forced by the pandemic and of the 14 projects presented, ten have been selected for the final phase that has been developed today.
The Employment and Local Development initiative has the support of the Rotary Club, Invat.tur, CEEI-Elche, Memba and Jovempa
Prize for the Greatest tourist promotion, ‘Taxi to Airport‘,