Market Modernisation

THE Mayoress of Oliva, Yolanda Pastor, together with other councillors, met on Tuesday, July 25, with traders from the municipal market to discuss its future.

The officials wanted to emphasise that the ‘Next Generation commercial improvement project’ will affect their economic activity as little as possible while the works are in progress.

The project to improve the municipal market and the entire commercial fabric of Oliva has a budget of €2,500,000. This amount corresponds to the sum of the €500,000 contribution from the Oliva City Council, and the

IN Benidorm, 5,000 litres of beer are sold daily in the 50 bars along Levante beach, one of the busiest areas of the city in high season. Throughout the city, the figure rises to 45,000 litres in a day in hospitality businesses, including bars, restaurants and hotels, according to figures provided by the Benidorm Association of

€2,000,000 grant from the Next Generation European funds.

Regarding the Municipal Market building, the improvement project will include the improvement of the electricity supply with the installation of solar panels, the improvement to the water supply, the renovation of the toilets, and the installation of a surface parking area.

The subsidy, the largest granted by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism for a project of this nature, was approved in March.

Boozy Benidorm

Bars, Restaurants, Cafes and

Nightlife

(Abreca).

These average quantities include pints, cans and bottles, and both alcoholic or non-alcoholic. On average, a bar will use a 50 litre barrel of beer each day.

The largest consumers of beer are English tourists, although Spanish visitors are not far behind.

Water is also a favourite among residents and tourists. In the beachfront bars, 10,000 bottles of water are sold per day, an average of about 200 per bar. For Benidorm as a whole, the sales figure rises to 320,000 bottles a day.