WORLD TOURISM DAY 2013: “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future” in El Campello.

Consistent with the proposed annual World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the celebration of World Tourism Day (#WTD2013) is officially held this year on 27th september, and from the Tourism Board of El Campello propose a touristic, cultural and environmental guided tour on saturday 28th september. Within the campaign being conducted by the Tourist Info Net “Tourism are all, everything is tourism”, this present activity “Be a tourist in your town”, we invite you to discover with experts and professional guides the biodiversity that El Campello offer, the importance of sea grasses for the balance of the marine ecosystem, the story of the first inhabitants of these lands, the importance of the watchtowers… There will be a guided tour on saturday september 28th in the Illeta dels Banyets area (Voramar promenade, archaeological site and watchtower) under the motto “water, tourism and sustainability”, working closely with the Instituto de Ecología Litoral and the MARQ museum. We will visit the seafront environment of la Illeta guided by the Instituto Ecológico Litoral staff, giving an overview of the importance of protecting the environment and the peculiarities of the Posidonia oceanica; we also visit the archaeological site of la Illeta dels Banyets by MARQ guides, and the watchtower by the Tourism Board staff. Follow and share this activity by using the hastags #WTD2013 and #DMTelcampello2013 Meeting point: the watchtower. Starting time: 10.00h. Visit time: 2:30 h. Environmental route: 60 min. Archaeological site visit: 60 min. Watchtower visit: 30 min. It is recommended to wear comfortable shoes and bring some water. Information and registration: Free activity (spanish and english). Limited (by order of booking). Tourist Info El Campello C / San Bartolome, 103 – Tel : 965 634 606 – E-mail: [email protected] – Facebook: El Campello Tourism – Twitter: @CampelloTurismo

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