‘Cosmopolitan’ British tourists targeted
Promotion campaign will aim to attract birdwatchers, walkers and gastronomy lovers, amongst others
THE VALENCIA government is looking to expand its reputation in the UK beyond ‘sun and beach’ holidays by trumpeting activities for ‘cosmopolitan’ British tourists.
Regional secretary for tourism Francesc Colomer noted that regional tourism will have to ‘diversify’ in order to attract more visitors from the UK.
He noted that they be will targeting tourists who want to go on bird watching or walking holidays and those who are interested in gastronomy and culture. Their advertising campaigns this year will show that the area ‘is not just about sun and beaches’.
Sr Colomer stated that activity holidays are a growing trend amongst British tourists – and the Valencia region is able to provide them.
He added that they will be looking to attract the ‘cosmopolitan’ tourist.
And he noted that the coalition regional government is ‘quietly optimistic’ over the future of British tourism after the UK officially left the European Union last Friday night.
Sr Colomer said they will approach the future relationship with the UK in a ‘responsible manner’. Although it has been bumpy ride with some fluctuations, tourism from the UK has not been seriously affected since Britain voted to leave the EU, he added.
“We have to continue with the work that we have been doing, which has enabled us to consolidate the Valencia region as one of the favourite
A YOUNG woman who gave birth to twins at her home on Thursday has been arrested for killing the babies.
A spokeswoman for the Regional Supreme Court (TSJ) explained that the suspect had appeared before an Elche judge on Sunday and had been sent to prison on remand without any possibility of bail.
She said that the woman, aged 28, is currently being investigated for two counts of homicide.
The spokeswoman revealed that an Elche judge had first been alerted over the tragedy by staff from Vinalopó hospital last Thursday.
State news agency EFE destinations for Britons,” he noted.
Depite Brexit, the tourism authorities have to ‘continue cultivating relations with the British market’, he added.
He reminded that 31% of all foreign tourists who visit the Valencia region hail from the UK.
“There is a deep link between the British tourism market and the Valencia region and we know that British people love Spain, the Valencia region and the Costa Blanca,” he said. reported that the woman had taken the dead twins with her to the hospital in a bag.
The Elche judge sent police officers to the hospital and they took away the bodies of the new-born babies.
EFE noted that medical experts will have to establish how the babies died and if they may have been stillborn.
The parents of the young mother reportedly told police officers that they did not know she was pregnant, even though she lived with them.
The woman gave birth in the bathroom of her home and was treated for blood loss at the hospital.