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BENI-VEGAS
BENIDORM could be crowned Europe’s new stag and hen party capital this year, amid a bumper booking boom after Brits ‘stormed out the gates’ on the back of the Covid pandemic.
One firm has revealed bookings to the sunscorched Spanish resort have almost reached 2022’s levels by the end of January.
“If the trend continues, Benidorm will comfortably surpass the likes of Prague, Amsterdam and even Dublin to be the EU’s biggest stag and hen location, something that once would have seemed unimaginable,” said Matt Mavir, Managing Director of Tyneside firm, Last Night of Freedom.
While Benidorm has always been relatively popular, it has enjoyed a meteoric rise in recent years.
British tourists seeking sun, sea and sangria.
And according to Matt, that’s been another major driver for stags and hens in the current climate. “The cost of living crisis has forced everyone to tighten their belts a bit, and stags and hens aren’t exempt,” added Matt.
Exclusive booking data supplied by the firm shows that last year, trips were up a staggering 700 per cent compared to 2018.
Over the years, the budgetfriendly resort has become a playground for
The new Hollywood
LA VILLAJOYOSA joins the Hollywood club as it continues to be the focus of attention for large international film productions.
The Covenant, which is the latest film by British director Guy Ritchie has some scenes shot in the environment of the Villajoyosa reservoir and in the Amadorio reservoir dam.
The film also used other locations in the province of Alicante for a large part of the exterior scenes.
The Covenant has announced its release date in cinemas in the US for April 2023, with its release still to be announced in other countries such as Spain.
The film stars American actor, Jake Gyllenhaal, who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for his role in Brokeback Mountain.
THE town council of La Nucia has confirmed it will allocate €20,000 for the 2023 Street Cat Sterilisation Campaign.
The objective of this campaign is to control the feline colonies located around the municipality.
A group of 40 volunteers have already registered and they will altruistically participate in this campaign by transferring the cats to the veterinary clinics in La Nucia arranged for the sterilisation of the cats.
The town council has increased the budget item by €4,000 compared to 2022, to
