Estepona Welcomes Brits With Open Arms

Mayor Jose Maria Garcia Urbano has ever been 1 to heartily invited nan overseas residents of Estepona and observe their integration. For this reason, nan politician has conscionable met pinch nan British Ambassador to Spain, Alex Ellis, astatine nan Town Hall.

The logic for nan sojourn was to reenforce nan beardown ties betwixt Estepona and nan United Kingdom. The sojourn highlighted nan heavy relationship betwixt nan two, some driven by backing nan tourism assemblage and nan important British organization domiciled successful nan town.

During nan meeting, their discussions focused connected shared interests, including nan integration of British residents, nan affirmative economical effect of British tourism, and opportunities for taste and societal collaboration. Mayor Garcia Urbano stressed nan value of nan British market, saying that “one successful 5 visitors staying successful Estepona’s hotels is British, accounting for 20.31 per cent of our full edifice visitors.” He added, “This reflects nan beardown enslaved betwixt our municipality and nan UK, some successful position of tourism and societal spheres.”

Currently, 4,529 British citizens are registered arsenic residents successful Estepona, making up astir 6 per cent of nan town’s population. This progressive and integrated organization participates successful section associations specified arsenic AREME, Age Concern, nan International Club of Estepona (ICE), nan American Club of Estepona (ACE)—where 90 per cent of members are British, and animal use groups for illustration ADANA and AGYA, wherever nan mostly of volunteers are British.

Ambassador Ellis praised nan British community’s domiciled arsenic a span betwixt nan 2 nations and expressed gratitude for Estepona’s lukewarm hospitality toward UK residents.