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As I read in the Sur in English newspaper 25,000 candidates send their curriculum for jobs in the new Ikea shop in Malaga which is scheduled to open on October 30th. And in the end the new Ikea shop will bring more than 500 new jobs for the Malaga area. Approximately 15,000 visitors are expected on inauguration day and up to 18,000 on the first saturday after it. In total the new store expects to attract more than two million shoppers in the next year. As far as the opening of a second Ikea store in the province of Malaga is concerned Marbella would be the perfect location for it, or Estepona. But at first we have to wait for the first store to open. Maybe the next store will open its doors in Granada or Jerez.

This week the Junta de Andalucía has launched a new promotional campaign to attract tourists from both the rest of Spain and other European countries during autumn and winter to improve figures for the low season. The campaign in Spain consists of four-day promotions staged in shopping centres in Valencia, Madrid, Zaragoza, Barcelona and Lejona (Vizcaya) where shoppers will be invited on a virtual tour of the attractions of Andalucía. Read more »

Now I got more informations about the Feria de Nerja on October 8th – 13th and I can tell you when the concerts on the Nerja fair are. The town spends 403,000 euros for six days of party and they think of an income of about 182,000 euros.

Wednesday, October 10th
- 00:00h Kiko y Shara (Caseta Municipal)
Thursday, October 11th
- 00:00h Antonio Carmona (Caseta Municipal)
Friday, October 12th
- 00:00h Manuel Orta (Caseta Municipal)
Saturday, October 13th (Día del niño – childrens day)
- 13:00h María Figueroa (Caseta Municipal)
- 00:00h La Unión (Caseta Municipal)

The Nerja Fair (Feria de Nerja) has been running since the late 1980s to the familiar formula of decorated tents called “casetas” set up by some people to entertain and to party. The fair is every year between October 8th – 13th, because October 12th is National Holiday of Spain or Hispanic Day (Fiesta Nacional de España or Día de la Hispanidad). It is a national holiday which commemorates the exact date when Christopher Columbus first set a foot to America. So the last days of the fair people can enjoy, because nobody has to work. Read more »

Yesterday the mayor of Nerja José Alberto Armijo Navas has anounced that they are going to build a marina called Puerto Deportivo Nerja-Torrox, between Nerja and Torrox near the Arroyo Frontil and next to the Playa de Vilchez. The marina is outside of Nerja more towards Torrox. This project will cost about 33 Million Euro and will take two years time to complete when they start in 2008. The new port will offer 500 new berths for boats between 8 and 25 meters and will offer some space for bigger boats up to 35 meters and last but not least it offers a storage yard of 18.000 m² and 300 car parking spaces. All together it will occupy an area of around 23 hectares from which 7,2 hectares earth’s surface and 15,7 hectares is build on water. The area for activities like restaurants, cafeterias, shops and so on will occupy a surface of about 3.500 m². Read more »