The fortress of Valença received “between 15 and 16 thousand visitors” on Wednesday, Hispanity Day, and the traffic jams from the exit of the city to the highway between Tui and Vigo amounted to more than five kilometers.
“In the middle of the morning, on October 12, the line of cars on the A55, which connects Vigo with Tui, exceeded five kilometers, from the exit to the fortress of Valença and in the fence of Campo da Feira. Only in the Fortaleza is it is expected that between 15 and 16 thousand people come in during the day”said today to the office of Lusa, the mayor, José Manuel Carpinteira.
According to the socialist mayor “The restaurant sector was one of the sectors that felt the pressure from visitors the most, with lines for lunch from 12 noon to 4 pm”.
On Wednesday, Spain celebrated Hispanity Day and Valencia received “one of the biggest visitor flows of the year”.
“It is with joy that we see that the dynamism and attractiveness of our trade, restaurants and tourism is increasingly manifesting itself with a new audience and attracting a growing number of visitors and tourists”, said Carpenter.
The Spanish Day, Spain’s national festival, coincided with the weekday fair in Valencia and the good temperatures that have been felt have caused “a historic flood”.
“I look back on the years of the pandemic, on the long journey, the wait and the fear of Valencian entrepreneurs and I see today resilience, competence, competitiveness and attractiveness in overcoming adversity, in reinventing oneself, adapting and repositioning Valença’s commercial offer, tourism and services in the best offered in the Iberian Peninsula”emphasized the socialist mayor.
This year, Hispanic Day celebrated the 530th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492.
Also on Wednesday, the city of Tui, which together with Valença forms the first euro city between Alto Minho and Galicia, celebrated the Virgin of Pilar festival.
José Manuel Carpinteira guaranteed that the municipality “is attentive to this reality and has therefore, together with the Business Confederation of Alto Minho (CEVAL), submitted an application for the Digital Neighborhoods project”.
“We want to prepare and position our offer for new consumer trends, focused and prepared for the challenges of the future”marked.
The projects of the digital shopping areas of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) aim to promote territorial cohesion and are intended for municipalities, municipal companies and local associations.
The digital business districts are defined as contiguous urban spaces, geographically bounded, with a high density of commercial and service establishments, including HORECA [hotelaria, restauração e cafés]with a common management strategy supported in an advanced technological environment”can be read on the FAQ portal available on the website of IAPMEI – Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation.
The centralization of the process in Lisbon has already led to criticism from intermunicipal communities in the North.
With an allocation of EUR 52.5 million aimed at the establishment of 50 branches at the national level, the project fits into Component 16 – Enterprises 4.0 integrated into the Digital Transition dimension of the PRR.
In addition to the various technological, digitization and economic dynamics features inherent in the project, the digital commercial districts also seek to “frame the vector of proximity and territorial cohesion, promote the appreciation of physical evidence and the requalification of spaces”.
The beneficiaries of this project, whose application deadline ended April 30, are local authorities, business associations and local development associations, municipal companies or consortia between these types of entities.
Source: DN
