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Tour operators and journalists to explore the attractions of Alicante

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Alicante is anticipating six visits from tour operators and correspondents who specialise in MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and events) tourism, as well as vacation and gastronomic tourism. The Alicante City & Beach Tourist Board will provide support for these promotional activities, which are referred to as “fam trips” and “press trips,” from March 20th to April 6th.

International tour operators are placing their bets on Alicante.

The initial of these excursions will be conducted by Jet2, a British tour operator with the third-highest number of connections at Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport. The company has scheduled two business trips: on March 20th and April 2nd. During these excursions, its agents will have the opportunity to personally experience local establishments and experiences before recommending the destination to their clients. Jet2, a company that specialises in vacation packages and city breaks, continues to prioritise Alicante as one of its primary destinations.

Evolution Travel, an Italian tour operator, will conduct a “fam trip” from March 23rd to 26th to investigate the city’s tourist attractions and promote travel packages and experiences to the Italian market.

The tourist attractions of Alicante will be discovered by journalists from New York.

On March 23rd and 24th, Alicante will be visited by a group of tourism correspondents from New York. The Spanish Tourism Office in New York, in collaboration with the Alicante Costa Blanca Provincial Council and the Regional Ministry of Tourism, is currently organising an excursion to capitalise on the increasing interest in the city among the American market.

The journalists will have the opportunity to visit a variety of iconic locations, including the Old Town, Santa Cruz, San Nicolás Cathedral, the Esplanade, and the seafront, during their visit. Additionally, they will be provided with comprehensive information regarding Alicante, the Spanish Capital of Gastronomy, and will have the opportunity to participate in a culinary workshop to acquire the skills necessary to prepare rice dishes. They will also be treated to a gastronomic tour of the Central Market.

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Alicante is also a focus of MICE tourism.

A delegation of ten MICE tourism specialists from various regions of the United Kingdom will arrive in Alicante on March 28th in conjunction with the Spanish Tourist Board in London. Their objective is to acquire knowledge regarding the city’s potential for organising incentive excursions, conferences, and events. They will have the opportunity to visit Santa Bárbara Castle, one of the most alluring locations for this type of tourism, as well as the city’s most iconic monuments.

On Czech television, the cuisine of Alicante is in the spotlight.

Czech television will also transmit Alicante’s international promotion. Between April 4th and 6th, the culinary program “Foodies Viajando” will air a special on the city’s gastronomy, with filming taking place in various locations across the country. Ondrej Ruml, a Czech actor, will serve as a special visitor on the program. He will disclose the culinary traditions and flavours of Alicante.

A significant contribution to the promotion of tourism in Alicante

These visits serve to bolster Alicante’s international market image and solidify its status as an appealing destination for travellers from a diverse range of demographics. Due to the collaboration between the public and private sectors, the city has maintained its status as a premier destination in a variety of sectors, including leisure tourism, gastronomy, and MICE..


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Arrests for intimidating witnesses

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Three men have been arrested by National Police for threatening and abusing two young men in order to persuade them to change their testimony during a police inquiry.

The police inquiry began after a young man complained to officers that he had been beaten and intimidated by three acquaintances in order to induce him to withdraw a statement he had given to police in Benidorm on an investigation in which they were involved.

One of the attackers recorded the attack on a cell phone and threatened to use a knife to harm the victim’s buddy who was present at the time to prevent him from intervening.

Days before the incident, one of the perpetrators sent the victim many threats via a mobile messaging app, threatening to attack her if she did not change her statement. This made the victim extremely apprehensive and fearful of encountering these people on the street.

Another victim was attacked for the exact same reason


During the inquiry, authorities discovered a second complaint from another victim who had been threatened to falsify his statement before being surprised on the street and assaulted by a man who was also connected to the Benidorm investigation into the other accused.

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Once all of the information about the incident had been gathered, officers from the Alicante Northern District Police Station’s Judicial Police group conducted a series of checks, which resulted in the complete identification of the three perpetrators of the first attack, as well as the perpetrator of the second victim. All of them were men aged 20 to 22.

Officers eventually discovered three of the perpetrators, who were arrested for alleged bodily harm and obstruction of justice.

Agents are working to locate and apprehend the other suspect in the event.

Following police investigations, the inmates were hauled before the Alicante Court of First Instance for duty.

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Santa Pola Local Police arrested man for smashing 27 wing mirrors

Santa Pola Local Police Mirror Smash

Santa Pola Local Police arrested a man for reportedly smashing and striking the wing mirrors of at least 27 cars parked in the downtown area of the coastal town.

The incident occurred on Saturday 22nd March, about 5:00 a.m. A police unit was dispatched to the scene after witnesses called in a report.

Officers spotted the man along the streets specified by the neighbour who phoned police and discovered that he had injuries to his hands that could have been caused by striking objects such as the rearview mirrors of those cars.


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Marcin, the Manchester butcher who attempted to hide in Alicante

Alicante, the province with the biggest concentration of non-Spanish people (27%), is a red sign for international criminals looking to conceal their activities. One of them could have been a dismembered butcher who, if not apprehended in Manchester, would be roaming the streets of Alicante.

Marcin Majerkiewicz’s case startled the English city with its ferocity. The 42-year-old Pole was recently convicted guilty of murdering, dismembering, and dispersing his roommate’s body throughout Manchester last year.

Manchester Crown Court concluded that Majerkiewicz murdered Stuart Everett, 67, before dismembering his body into 27 pieces and depositing his remains in various areas throughout Manchester and Salford over the course of a week in an attempt to conceal his crime.

Majerkiewicz was unemployed with 60,000 euros in debt, an obsession with violent horror, and a tattoo of the slasher film character Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th.

This gory incident almost brought Alicante into the picture, as it was discovered that the killer had been looking online for rental properties in the province to escape his troublesome life in the United Kingdom before being arrested.

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Everett, whose parents were Polish, taught English to Polish immigrants, and Majerkiewicz was among his students. In 2017, he moved into his teacher’s home, where he stayed with another man until the day of the incident.

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The relationship soured in 2024. The cause is unknown: it may have been a fight, an argument, or the dissolution of a more intimate relationship between the two. What Manchester Police do know is that on April 4th, last year, the first human remains were discovered in a nature reserve, sparking the inquiry.

A check of security cameras revealed the Pole as the primary suspect, with photos showing him carrying an 18-kilogram sack of human remains.

Stuart’s family, who do not live in Manchester, did not report him missing. This is because Majerkiewicz used Stuart’s identity for around three weeks after the murder. He sent them WhatsApp messages, birthday cards, and gifts. Stuart’s family was misled into believing he was still alive while he attempted to improve his life on the Costa Blanca.

Rebecca Macaulay-Addison, a specialist Crown prosecutor from the Crown’s Complex Case Unit, stated that “Marcin Majerkiewicz murdered Stuart Everett before making a despicable and disturbing attempt to cover his tracks by disposing of Mr. Everett’s remains.”

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“Majerkiewicz not only stole a loved one from those caring for Mr. Everett; his subsequent actions almost certainly exacerbated his pain and suffering,” he continued.

Detectives analysed security cameras and mobile phones to identify Majerkiewicz’s visits to secluded places in Salford and Manchester for the purpose of depositing human remains.

These excursions included remote regions, waterways, and rural parks. Detectives discovered Stuart’s remains or DNA at six spots after conducting extensive land and marine searches in 19 areas.

Detective Chief Superintendent Lewis Hughes, the investigation’s chief investigator, described it as a case of “exceptional complexity and magnitude, with detectives initially responding to partial human remains found deep within an isolated woodland.”

“From the beginning, we said we wouldn’t give up, and the victim and her family remained at the forefront of our minds and actions throughout the entire process,” according to the detective.

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Majerkiewicz was arrested on April 25th, 2024. Following a two-week trial at Manchester Crown Court, he was found guilty of murder and is set to be sentenced to life in prison on March 28th.


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