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Royal visit
QUEEN SOFIA will visit the province of Almeria on Friday, February 24.
Her Majesty will go to the town of Roquetas de Mar, where the Food Bank Foundation of Almeria Fundacion Banco de Alimentos de Almeria has its headquarters.
Her Majesty is scheduled to arrive at 11.00am.
After her meeting at around 11.45am, Queen Sofia will have a tour of the facilities and meet with the wonderful volunteers who enable this nonprofit organisation to carry out its charitable work in the province of Almeria.
Queen Sofia, executive president of the Queen Sofia Foundation, is promoting this meeting as part of her commitment and collaboration with food banks throughout Spain, in order to familiarise herself with the reality of the Almeria organisation.
The queen wants to see firsthand how it operates at such a delicate time for many families in the province.
The event will be attended by representatives of the public administration of Almeria and the Spanish government, accompanied by members of the organisation in the province and representatives of the Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL)
Flights on track
OFFICIALS in Almeria announced the excellent data recorded in the city’s airport in January during a meeting on Friday, February 17.
Airport Manager, Ignacio Tejero met with regional government representative José María Martin where he explained that 25,565 passengers passed through Almeria airport during the first month of the year. The figures show that Almeria’s tourism industry remains on track on a pandemic recovery trajectory that began last year.
The figures represent a 48.3 per cent increase in passenger traffic through the airport compared with January 2022, reaching 74.8 per cent of pre pandemic figures in January 2019.
The officials attributed the great data to the continued emphasis of domestic and international travel and local tourism strategy.
