The Teguise City Council positively values the new day of the Teguise Market experienced this March 14, after its reopening last Sunday, and receiving more than 2,400 visitors while recovering some commercial and restaurant activity in the Historic Site of the Villa. The Teguise Market, in its new concept adapted to the demands set by the pandemic and in order to consolidate itself as a safe place against the feared contagion of Covid19, has reopened on a Sunday offering handicrafts, food, organic agriculture, among other general sales stalls and counting on the committed social emergency quota with a total of 92 of 138 available stalls.
“On this occasion, the pattern has been repeated, both in terms of public attendance and the increase in vendors, who are determined to seek that complicated balance between sustaining the local economy and maintaining distances, complying with the security device marked by the City Council's technical team in coordination with the emergency services, Teguise Civil Protection, Local Police and Emerlan volunteers, without whom it would not be possible to organize an assembly of stalls in a bounded and open-air enclosure that allows to boost the Villa de Teguise and reactivate the atmosphere of its open commercial area,” said the mayor of Teguise, Oswaldo Betancort, who reiterates his most sincere congratulations "to all those who are fighting to restore some normality to the municipality despite an adverse situation such as the current one.”
“We will continue to do everything we can to ensure that the Historic Site of the Villa gradually recovers the best of atmospheres in each new event, generating economic activity with maximum respect for health recommendations,” added Betancort. “Prior to each new celebration of an event that promotes the sale of handicrafts and island agriculture in the Villa, a cleaning and disinfection plan for public spaces is launched and action protocols are established to guarantee the continuity of the Market,” explained Eugenio Robayna as head of Security and Emergencies, and also of the Market's own organization.
“We hope that this coordination between public administration, vendors and health personnel and Security Forces will revert to the economic health of the town of Teguise and all those who participate in the Market, without putting anyone's health at risk, for which all measures are being taken within our reach”
