The province of Santa Elena and its different spas have an extensive carnival agenda, which includes the presentation of national and foreign artists, sports activities, gastronomic festivals and more, with which they aim to reactivate the economy in the context of the health crisis.
The holiday without restrictions, for the first time in almost two years of the pandemic, generates expectations among tour operators. The holiday will be between Saturday, February 26 and Tuesday, March 1. This week, in Salinas and Montañita, hotel reservations increased.
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One of the concerts that has aroused the most interest is that of the artist Nacho, who will perform at El Tablazo hill, Santa Elena canton, on Monday, February 28, starting at 6:00 p.m.
In La Libertad, the programming of festivities will begin on Saturday the 26th on the boardwalk. Retro Stars 5.0, the best-known retro party in town, returns for those who like those hits of yesterday. Disco Night and Megamix will participate in this free event, which will start at 20:00.
Salinas will not have concerts, but as part of the boost to economic reactivation, the Municipality will organize an entrepreneurs’ fair in which visitors will find gastronomy, handicrafts, jewelry and more.
The activity, called Carnival Fes 2022, will take place on February 26, 27 and 28 and March 1 on the boardwalk.
The authorities of the province of Santa Elena met this week to define the holiday plan in order to address citizen security.
The Government, through its head, Fulton Anchundia, led the process and confirmed the reinforcement of personnel from the National Police and the Transit Commission of Ecuador (CTE), in addition to the tasks coordinated with various entities, such as municipalities and others. instances.
The expectation for this holiday is that it will be “excellent,” said Luis Tenempaguay, from the Provincial Chamber of Tourism of Santa Elena, who added that Salinas and Montañita have increased reservations between 10% and 30%, respectively.
That the holiday is without restrictions, especially on the beaches, motivates tourist servers, so they believe that there will be an 80% improvement in the flow of visitors.
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The provincial Emergency Operations Committee (COE) of Santa Elena will accept the provisions of the national body insofar as there are no restrictions. This, given the 70% drop in COVID-19 infections in the peninsular area, Governor Anchundia reported.
The official added that from January 1 to February 18 there were 33 deaths from coronavirus in the province; Eleven of these cases did not have any doses of vaccines, so he urged citizens to continue complying with biosecurity measures and inoculate themselves. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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