Azores Situation Report Wednesday April 26th 2023
Air Force rescues woman from sailing boat
The Air Force announced that it had rescued, during the afternoon of Sunday, April 23rd, a 31-year-old woman, of French nationality, who was on board a sailboat in need of urgent health care.
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An EH-101 Merlin helicopter, from Squadron 751 – “Pumas” in Permanent Detachment in the Azores, was activated in order to carry out the rescue 203 km from Lajes.
The sailboat crew member was successfully recovered and later transported to a hospital, after receiving the first health care while still on board the helicopter by the military nurse.
The Lajes Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) was involved in this operation, in conjunction with the Ponta Delgada Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), of the Navy.
Government of the Azores inaugurates the pedestrian route of Ribeira da Agualva.
The Regional Secretary for Tourism, Mobility and Infrastructure, Berta Cabral, inaugurated, this Monday, the pedestrian trail “Walks of Agualva – On the Route of History”, in Praia da Vitória, Terceira Island, winning project under the Participatory Budget of the Autonomous Region of the Azores 2019.
For the Regional Secretary for Tourism, the footpaths of the Azores are iconic, and their landscapes constitute a significant part of the identity of the nine islands. They are an excellent way to explore the islands in depth and to experience a more direct contact with nature.
“The Azores are the perfect destination to experience throughout the year and on all islands, as they offer nature, adventure, and a rich history, combined with a very diverse built heritage. All this leverage contributes to the economic sustainability and social sustainability that our Region needs”, he underlined.
Berta Cabral made a point of recalling that the new PEMTA (Strategic Marketing Plan for Tourism of the Azores 2030) arose precisely from the need to safeguard “the cultural, historical and environmental dimension, in addition to the differentiated products of each of the nine islands in the promotion of the destination Azores”.
“The Azores, it is never too much to mention, are a sustainable destination at an economic, environmental and social level. The Azores are a destination of nature”.
“The Azores already have the conditions to have tourism all year round and on all the islands, but we intend, with the new PEMTA, to consolidate our destination, which is recognized and awarded nationally and internationally”, emphasized Berta Cabral, for whom the archipelago has “differentiated products, all related to nature, with outdoor initiatives, which blossomed in the post-pandemic”.
The Regional Secretary for Tourism, Mobility and Infrastructure reinforced that the Azores cannot sell what they do not have or what they are not: “we have to sell our exuberant nature, capable of providing extraordinary and unique experiences and which arise because our people do make this possible”.
Trail Run Real Priolo with 750 participants.
The third edition of the Trail Run Real Priolo, which will take place on the 29th in the municipality of Nordeste, has around 750 participants, the highest number ever, revealed the organization.
At a press conference at the Ponta do Sossego viewpoint, in the Northeast, Marco Moura, vice-president of the local council, said that registrations are already closed and that compared to 2022 there is an increase of 200 participants.
The organization of the race has the support of Centro Desportivo e Recreativo do Nordeste, in partnership with the Clube Desportivo e Cultural Juventude Ilha Verde and the Athletics Association of São Miguel.
At the time, it was revealed that the fourth edition of the competition, in 2024, will take place on April 27th.