Xàbia has shown today in Fitur that it is much more than beautiful landscapes and the sea. This year, the local culture takes all the prominence in the tourist promotion that the municipality has deployed in the main fair of the sector and chest of a powerful programming, which remains throughout the year "and we want you to talk about us and represent us", Stressed the mayor, José Chulvi.
Chulvi has highlighted the potential of festivals and cultural cycles as a hook for visitors. And what is better, they are "products"Enjoyable all year round and therefore, help to deseasonalize. Because, as has been pointed out who is also responsible for the tourism policy of Xàbia, today's tourist "look not only for a beautiful place, but also to provide experiences and within that, there is a growing interest in our cultural activities” (it is the second reason for consultation in the tourism offices). In addition, this programming also finds a larger response from the residents themselves every day.
Xàbia Auditorium
To continue growing in cultural offer, a very valuable element will be the awaited auditorium theater for 524 people that is already under construction and whose recreation has been presented today in Fitur through a video.
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"Our problem so far was of infrastructures since we only have municipal rooms with a small capacity, so that most events or are held outdoors or have to be raised on a small scale"Said the mayor, who stressed that this limitation will change soon"and it will allow us to take a leap when it comes to scheduling concerts and large-scale theater performances".
While this work is finished, the Department of Culture is betting on actions that will shape the future public and at the same time promotes or collaborates with the great and varied offer of festivals and performances that fill the calendar.
In this sense, the Councilor for Culture, Quico Moragues, has listed the festivals that are part of Xàbia's offer; such as Xàbia Jazz, Montgó Rock, Xàbia Folk, classical music, chamber music, piano or percussion, without neglecting other disciplines such as Xàbia Negra, which brings together literature, photography and film noir, traditional dances, short films or including the culture and gastronomy of the International Festival.
Moragues added that exhibitions, concerts, shows and thematic cycles such as children's and adult theater, monologues, family cinema or this year's innovative bet is the opera.
The councilor added the great reinforcement that supposes the performances that program the many musical entities and the groups of theater, dances, festive groups and associations, school of cinema or the photographic grouping, among others.
