City of Funchal Athletics Road Race 8pm; Disney Fantasy coming in 2012; Increase in Cruise Ship traffic; Madeira New Year occupancy: 65-70%; Madeira’s world famous New Year firework display; Madeira’s austerity measures 2012; Portugal’s best cakes & pastries; King of cakes: Bolo-Rei; Confeitaria Nacional;

International, Portugal and Madeira News from Paul Abbiati:

Disney Fantasy coming to Madeira 2012

link to article on increase in Cruise Ship traffic to Madeira: http://www.dnoticias.pt/impressa/diario/299439/mar/299471-mais-paquetes-em-2012

Special Festive events in Madeira today include:

8pm – LIII City of Funchal Athletics Road Race

Start and Finish at: Avenida do Mar e das Comunidades Madeirenses, in front of the Town Pier

Details and Image from Official Tourism Facebook Pages

Portugal’s best cakes & pastries; King of cakes: Bolo-Rei; Confeitaria Nacional

From Portugal Daily View:

Madeira’s austerity measures 2012

The Portuguese Press including Publico newspaper cover the budgetary situation in Madeira. The 2012 Programme publicly announced by the Madeiran Government imposes tax hikes and redundancies.

Madeira’s world famous New Year firework display

From Portugal Daily View:

“The New Year’s firework display on the Portuguese island of Madeira one of the regions’ greatest tourist attraction of the year, will involve 19 tonnes of pyrotechnics, almost 40,000 shots and an organisation of over 400 people, organisers said last Tuesday.

The Christmas and New Year festivities are to cost some €3.5m …considerably less however (-33%) than in 2010.

Madeira New Year occupancy: 65-70%

From Portugal Daily View:

Hotels on the island are quoting occupancy rates of about 65% to 70% at the moment.

link to Portugal Daily View : http://www.portugaldailyview.com/

images from the Madeira Newspaper The Diario unless stated

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  1. Looks like next year i 15th February – Festivities in the Lower Town 18th February – Great Allegoric Parade 21th February – Fun Parade. The dates will coincide the sad day Madeira flood. Lets hope 2012 Madeira will have a positive Festivities, as well as not forget the events with the people lost.

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