Record figures

HOTEL occupation in Al‐tea hit a record 94 per cent over Easter.

The town’s 22 hotels offer nearly 12,890 beds, with many hanging up the ‘No vacancies’ sign over last week’s bank holiday weekend.

In addition, all three lo‐cal campsites registered occupation figures of 100 per cent, and most of the nearly 2,000 tourist apartments were also full.

detailed and meticulous, and thus expensive.

The first step is to draw up a plan outlining every detail of the project which must then be approved by the Va‐lencian Culture department, with work then expected to take at least two years to complete.

A special access point will be created for both the Al‐cozaiba fortress and the bell‐tower to open them to the public in the safest conditions possible and to prevent them from sustaining any further damage. The project has been budgeted at €497,000 to be paid by the Alicante provincial government.

According to local Tourism councillor Xelo González, the fantastic turnout over Easter was largely due to being classed as an ‘Intelligent Tourist Destination’ and the many promotional campaigns at national and international travel fairs, on social networks and in television fea‐tures.

Altea was also cultural capital of the Valencia Region for 2019‐2020, all of which has led to the town being the in place to visit.

And the bank holiday was just the start, as this week sees occupation figures for hotels and campsites sit at around 71 per cent and 81 per cent respectively thanks to the Spanish school holidays.