Tourism Promotion foresees a 20% increase in tourists to Ibiza

The president of Tourism Promotion, Jose Tur Olmo, estimates that this season the number of tourists will increase a 20 percent in Ibiza if the good perspective are fulfilled. "During Easter there have been many more hotels open, which is very significant".
The tourists who have come "have a high budget and the rural hotelswhich have had a 100 percent occupation".

Plus the "Ruta de la Sal" has attracted 3,000 people between participants and crew. On the other hand, Tur Olmo thinks that Ibiza will benefit from the situation in Turkey with cases from bird influenza.

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Ibiza : Ibifor plans another pay-parking in Ses Salines

The representative of the company thinks that with the new parking places there will be enoughh places for all the vehicles that go to the beach of Ses Salinas in Ibiza, even in July and August.

The Ibifor company, owner of large land extensions in Ses Salines, has asked for permission to create new pay-parking places with a capacity of 260 cars, like the ones that are there since last year.

The representative of the company, Joan Cardona, indicated yesterday that last year there were problems of parking in ses Salines, specially during the months of July and August. Consequently, many vehicles must park in the borders of the highway and in the roundhouse, sometimes the crane takes them away and they are forced to pay a fine.

On the other hand, the representative of Ibifor assures that the parking, that was opend last year had asled for permission since 1999, last year it "was very well accepted" by the users of the beach of ses Salines, although they had to pay a price for the parking right. "They understand that they park in the shade, and have their vehicles watched here, and pay three euros for the entire day.

Whereas in the streets of Ibiza they must pay much more, in the sun or in the shade ".

Different prices for the parking.
Ibifor charges three euros a day for cars and two euros for motorcycles. The one of the competition is more expensive: five euros a day for cars and two euros for motorcycles. Both parkings will continue working this year with the same prices as in 2005. During the winter both parkings are open for free.

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Non-Common Market residents demand discounts ferries between Ibiza and Formentera

Hundreds of extra-communitarian resident demonstrators in Formentera protest to be able to benefit from the subventions to European residents .

Hundreds of immigrants of Formentera were concentrated yesterday in the City council to demand discounts on the marine transport. The demonstrators carried allusive placards with mottos as ` we live and we worke in Formentera but we pay like tourists´. During the protest, the immigrants met with the mayor, Candido Valladolid, who left the municipal offices when he learned that a manifestation was taking place, and listened to the claims of this group. The City council of Formentera called for a meeting with representatives of all the administrations implied in the transport between islands (central Government, Govern and Consell Insular ) to try to reach a solution.

Extra-communitarian residents have also initiated a campaign of collection of signatures of support to their vindications, they want the same treatment as the European, which have the right to the subventions which are granted by the central Government.

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Ibiza exhibition celebrates "Book Day"

The cultural society Ebusus, in Vara del Rey, Ibiza, will serve as a scene for a collective pictorial and sculture exhibition, with the objective to emphasize the importance of the book in the present sociocultural surroundings. Jesus Albarrán, Adolf Aymat, Patricia Bonet, Rafael Bujanda, Eustaquio Carayol, Holger E. dunkel, Miguel Angel Garcia, Ana Jakimov, Josetxo, Kinoto, Smooth Martinez, Toni Montero, mendoza, Peribáñez, Joaquin Roselló, Stafforini and Maria Antonia Torres collaborate in this initiative organized in the occasion of the imminent festivitie of Sant Jordi and Book Day.

Until that day the exhibit, an initiative of Adolf Aymat, a well-known catalan painter and resident scultor in Ibiza for many years will remain open. The poster for this event is work of Holger E. Dunkel.

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