Torrevieja’s municipal coffers will benefit from one point four million euros over the next four years through contracts awarded for food and drink services at local beaches. The bidding process faced delays, missing out on the Easter holidays, yet businesses showed significant interest. Results indicate that the city will earn four times more than the minimum set for each contract.

Ten lots were put up for tender, each corresponding to a beach bar, with seven located at La Mata beach, one at Los Locos beach, and two at Los Náufragos beach. Each lot was assigned a minimum bid amount of eight thousand sixty euros per year, without distinguishing between individual bars. This differs from neighbouring Orihuela, where bids vary per bar based on expected revenue.

The contract will run until two thousand twenty-eight, with a total minimum value exceeding three hundred twenty-two thousand euros for all lots over the four years. The sixth lot at La Mata beach received the strongest bid, exceeding four hundred forty-four thousand euros for the four-year term, while the fifth lot was bid at one hundred eighty thousand euros.

Each beach bar is limited to seventy square metres in total, including a necessary ten-square-metre toilet module, and will have to dismantle structures at the end of each season, which runs from mid-March to the end of October. The Local Government Board will formalise the award in upcoming sessions.