Friday, January 15, 2010

Casting the net

Representatives from Guardamar del Segura are attending the International Tourism Trade Fair in Oslo which began on Thursday 14th and runs until Sunday 17th January.

The exhibition is considered the largest tourist event in Norway, and Guardamar has a stand which they are sharing with Alfaz del Pi.
Alongside Torrevieja, Guardamar is the town in the Vega Baja, that hosts the largest settlement of Norwegians abroad which was acknowledged last year when the town received a visit from Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

More than 5% of the population registered on the Guardamar padron are Scandinavian citizens of which approximately 60% are Norwegian. For several years, groups of people from this country have regularly visited the town to learn the Castilian language, so attending the tourism fair in Oslo has been warmly welcomed by tourism entrepreneurs in the town, said the City Council.

Guardamar’s attractions have only recently begun to feature in the Norwegian tourist market where it focuses on the all year round temperatures, its friendly environment, the sand dunes, beaches, gardens, hotels and restaurants.

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