Valentine’s Day campaign

UNTIL F ebruary 15 a campaign to reward customers who make their purchases in the shops and establishments of the Open Commercial Centre in Torremolinos will be running. This campaign serves as support and promotion for the traditional commerce of the municipality, and an incentive for neighbours and visitors.

This Valentine’s Day campaign proved so successful in its previous two years that the Trader’s Association and Torremolinos Town Hall decided to collaborate and make the campaign a reality once again. For each purchase or consumption made in an establishment in the Centre in Torremolinos, customers will be given a free ticket for an hour

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of free parking (for each purchase made) and will also be entered in a prize draw.

On February 14, 1.000 balloons will be distributed among the customers and the establishments of the Centre in Torremolinos.

On February 16, a raffle will be held among all customers who redeem their tickets during the campaign. Three lucky customers will win a prize from the following raffled gifts: A hotel night with a jacuzzi, a romantic dinner and a basket of romantic products.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

WILL you measure your footprint?

Malaga City Council is the driving force behind the initiative ‘enjoy without leaving a trace’.

This initiative has provided tourists with a calculator that allows them to estimate the emissions made during their trip.

The operation depends on five variables: number of visitors, country and city of origin, means of transport used in their journey and nights spent, as well as the vehicle they will use at their destination.

The tool is now available in four languages - Spanish, English, German and French - on the website www.costadelsolmalaga.org

A tourist couple from Amsterdam who spend a week on the Costa del Sol and drive 400 kilometres in a rental car leave a footprint of 1,141 kilos of carbon dioxide. In the same period, a family of four arriving from Marseille in their car and driving a further 1,000 kilometres along the Malaga coastline emits 1,557 kilos.

THE University of Malaga (UMA) is immersed in the study and analysis of the reality of tourism in Mijas. This comes in readiness for the renewal of the ‘Strategic Plan for Tourism in Mijas’ covering the