The Tourism Department of the City of Calpe will take part in the World Travel Market in London, the most important tourism fair in the world, from 4 November, with the clear aim of maintaining the important British market in Calpe.

The British tourist is one of the most traditional of Calpe together with the German; in fact he is the most important international market; therefore the tourism department of the city aims - because of the nearby Brexit - to strengthen those measures to ensure that the British tourism does not diminish.

During the fair, direct campaigns will be carried out with British travel agencies and tour operators, insisting on those tour operators who already offer Calpe in their catalogues, but also on those who offer the product bicycle tourism.

Although the 2019 season can be considered satisfactory as demand has been maintained in a complex environment affecting the tourism markets, the side effects that Brexit produces on the UK market have been accompanied by a slight decline in British tourists. The recent bankruptcy of Thomas Cook is a clear example of the current tourist situation and it is therefore necessary to step up advertising efforts in the traditional markets for Calpe, such as the British market.

In this context, in the fourth quarter of the year, the Tourism Department commissioned a specific promotional campaign for the United Kingdom in order to make the destination known to new travel agencies and tour operators.

The Joanot Martorell Municipal Library yesterday launched a series of events to encourage students in the 1st and 2nd grades of the IES Ifac High School to read.

In October and November, the pupils of the 1st upper school class will enjoy eight events under the motto "Further education as users of the library". The focus will be on pedagogical and practical aspects of using the library and the opportunities offered by the automated OPAC catalogue when searching.

The students of the 2nd high school class will take part in the workshop "The digital book". In seven sessions, the new reading devices will be presented and the technology will be brought closer to the young people. The discussion on digital books will cover such important topics as copyright, legal and non-legal downloads, network content, the credibility of new media, etc.

Calpe started yesterday, Thursday, the events of the "Moros y Cristianos" in honour of the Santíssim Crist de la Suor, with the presentation of the festival book and a square concert of the Unión Musical Calp-Ifac. The "filás" (armies) of the Contrabandistas and Mozárabes, who celebrate their 40th anniversary, were also honoured on this occasion.

Today, Friday, at 13:00, the bells will ring and the salutes will be fired to announce the beginning of the festival. In the evening, at 19:00, the chapels, which move through the streets of the city, move in. At 20:00 the standards are hoisted on the Plaza Mayor. Juan José Olcina Navarro, president of the Associació de Sant Jordi de Alcoy, will give the opening speech. At the end, all the armies and the 2019 Festival Committee will march through the streets to the church to offer the candle sacrifice to the patron saint of the city.

At 00:30, Moors and Christians meet for the typical "entraetes" and wander through the old town, and at 01:00 the flag bearer's dance is scheduled in the Plaza del Arco Iris.

On Saturday the 19th, the festivities begin at 12:30 with a street parade of the youth chapel of the Unión Musical through the old town. At 7 p.m., from Calle Benissa to Plaza Colón, the great entrance of the Moors and Christians begins - the highlight of a whole year's work for both armies, because now both show their best costumes, floats, dances and all sorts of attractions, making this parade one of the most attractive in the whole province. At 01:30 the dance of the Moorish captain takes place in Calle San José.

On Sunday the first battle is fought between both armies, because at 11:00 the Moorish troops land on the Arenal beach. This is undoubtedly one of the most attractive moments of the festival. In the afternoon the children are the stars, because at 18:00 clock starts on the Calle Benissa the child parade. At 20:30 Moors and Christians meet again for the second battle, and in the Plaza Mayor the "miracle" takes place. This is one of the most important moments of the festival: "Caragol" succeeds in closing the gates of the city after the betrayal of "Moncofar".

On Monday the 21st, children's games will take place in the Plaza de España, and at 23:15 from the Plaza del Arco Iris of the "Correfocs" the Colla Dimonis Ingava from Font d' En Carrós will start. At 00:30 Pirotecnia Hnos. Caballer in the Plaza Mayor a "mascletá" (powder fireworks) shoot, and in 01:00 the Christian captain holds his dance in the Plaza del Mosquit.

Tuesday, the 22nd, Feast of Santísimo Cristo del Sudor, begins with the greeting of the festival queens, their court ladies, etc. through the chapel of the Unión Musical Calpe-Ifach, to then move to the Town Hall and listen to the Holy Mass in the Plaza Mayor. At the end of the Mass, a new "mascletá" is shot down and the figure of Christ is brought back to the church.

In the afternoon at 17:00 there will be a pelota game of the "a llargues" modality for professionals on Calle García Ortiz, and at 20:00 the festive procession.

The City Council of Calpe and Ecovidrio, the non-profit organisation responsible for managing the recycling of glass containers in Spain, launched for the fourth consecutive year the "Recycle Glass for Women" campaign, an initiative aimed at mobilising citizens to recycle glass containers and thus contribute to solidarity and the fight against breast cancer.

Since yesterday and in the coming weeks, two pink igloos will be standing on Corbeta Square, and Ecovidrio will turn the recycled glass containers in the containers into a donation to Sandra Ibarra Solidarity against Breast Cancer Foundation.

This year, the campaign was extended to more than 60 cities across the country such as Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, Santander and Palma de Mallorca to raise awareness among more citizens. Ecovidrio has installed more than 340 pink containers throughout the country. In addition, for the fourth consecutive year, the company has won Sandra Ibarra, director of Sandra Ibarra Solidarity against Breast Cancer Foundation, as ambassador of the project.

As a symbol of awareness and solidarity in the fight against breast cancer, Ágatha Ruiz de la Rada has designed a special mini igloo for the occasion. The mini igloo can be purchased through the website MinIglu.es and the proceeds go to the Sandra Ibarra Solidarity against Breast Cancer Foundation.

Facts about glass recycling in Calpe

According to the latest data for 2018, the inhabitants of Calpe recycled a total of 1,347 tonnes of glass containers, which means that each inhabitant recycled an average of 62.3 kg.

In terms of containers installed, Calpe has an average of 96 inhabitants per container, with a total of 225 igloos for glass container waste.