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The proposed scheme has the support from Ángeles Muñoz , and has been the brain child of the owners of the Hotel Don Miguel. The new water park which will be located beside the Hotel Don Miguel hotel. Marbella Leisureland Investments, a company linked to the Libyan group that bought the Don Miguel in 2012 with the idea of re-opening it as a luxury five-star resort, plans to begin building works in 2016 and open the leisure facility in the summer of 2017. The water park, on a site which is 62,000 square metres in size, is to have eight zones, 28 attractions and four kilometres of paths. A thousand job positions are to be created - directly and indirectly - during its construction. Tens of millions of euros are expected to be invested in the scheme. Muñoz said, “This is a unique project for Marbella and has been conceived with the objective of becoming iconic in global terms.”

La Cala Beach Mijas puts final touches to summer beach walkway. New walkway in Riviera del Sol nearing its completion as workers add the final touches to it. Approximately 250 metres of walkway connects the area’s beaches and the council has declared that they will continue to Calahonda as soon as permission comes through from the Junta de Andalucia regional government. Wooden bases are being placed under 40 showers on Mijas coast’s beaches and walkways down to the shore, created to meet mobility regulations. Beach councillor Carmen Marquez explained: “The work is being done on beaches including Playa Marina, Playa de El Charcon and Playa de El Faro. We aim to make all our beaches easily accessible for locals and visitors this summer.”

10% more overnight stays were recorded in Andalucia hotels in the first quarter of 2015 than in the same period the year before. Hotels and guest-houses across the region recorded almost 7.1 million overnight stays which is just under 10% higher than the start of 2014. Even more good news – hotels are forecasting 80% occupancy for the upcoming May bank holiday, 5% up on last year, according to Luciano Alonso, Andalucia Minister of Tourism.