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A strike by refuse collectors in the Spanish city of Málaga has reached day 11, with huge piles of rubbish in the streets raising concerns that the smell and mess could put off tourists ahead of the Easter holiday season. A strike by refuse collectors in the Spanish city of Málaga has reached day 11, with huge piles of rubbish in the streets raising concerns that the smell and mess could put off tourists before the Easter holiday season.
Refuse collectors from the partly state-owned waste management company Limasa have been on strike since 1 March against wage cuts and to demand better working conditions.Refuse collectors from the partly state-owned waste management company Limasa have been on strike since 1 March against wage cuts and to demand better working conditions.
Málaga airport is a major entry point for tourists seeking sun on Spain’s Costa del Sol and the city has reinvented itself as a cultural hub and visitor destination in its own right. French contemporary art gallery the Pompidou Centre opened an international outpost in the Mediterranean harbour last year, while a collection of works from the Russian museum in St Petersburg has opened in a former tobacco factory. Málaga airport is a major entry point for tourists seeking sun on Spain’s Costa del Sol and the city has reinvented itself as a cultural hub and visitor destination in its own right. French contemporary art gallery the Pompidou Centre opened an international outpost in the Mediterranean harbour town last year, while a collection of works from the Russian museum in St Petersburg has opened in a former tobacco factory.
Francisco Moro, vice-president of the Costa del Sol hotelkeepers’ association, said bookings had tailed off a little in recent days, but he was confident the city would be cleaned up before the end of March. Francisco Moro, the vice-president of the Costa del Sol hotelkeepers’ association, said bookings had tailed off a little in recent days, but he was confident the city would be cleaned up before the end of March.