La Herradura will host two simultaneous and important underwater photography/video competitions between the 28th and 30th of this month.

The XXXIII Campeonato de Andalucía de Fotografía Submarina and the I Campeonato de Andalucía de Vídeo Submarino, will have almost 50 competitors, all specialists, from all over Andalucía, during the last weekend of the month.

The First Councillor for La Herradura, Juan José Ruiz Joya, and the Councillor for Tourism and Beaches, Daniel Barbero, took turns to point out how important this event is for La Herradura and its accommodation sector.

In fact, Hotel Almijara has brought forward its reopening so that it can be the venue where the twenty, teams of two will be based during the competition, as well as the ten organisers of the event.

“The importance of the wealth of flora and fauna existing on the seabed off La Herradura, and the repercussion that the competition will have on the sporting and accommodation sector, is something that we are well aware of,” explained Councillor Daniel Barbero.

First Councillor, Juan José Ruiz Joya, said, “It makes us proud because it confirms that the course taken by the Town Hall and the local diving clubs, etc, over the last few years was the correct one.”

The even is organised by the Federación Andaluza Actividades Subacuáticas (FEAAS) and the Club de Buceo Benalmádena, with the support of the Board of Tourism as well as the local diving clubs.

(News: Herradura, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)