/ Town Hall
Wednesday 25th May 2022
JEUX DES ÎLES OPENING CEREMONY
Today, the Jeux des Îles opening ceremony took place at the Magaluf athletics track. The games are held until 29th May at different sports facilities in the municipality of Calvià. The opening ceremony was attended by the mayor of Calvià, Alfonso Rodríguez Badal, accompanied by the deputy mayor for Sports, Eva Serra, and members of the municipal government team, as well as the Regional Government's general director of Sports, Carles Gonyalons.
Jeux des Îles is a five-day international sports competition with thirteen sports modalities (athletics, basketball, football, gymnastics, judo, karate, handball, swimming, tennis, table tennis, triathlon, sailing and volleyball) in which participate islands or archipelagos of Europe (Azores, Corsica, Malta, Martinique, Sicily, Guayana, Ischia and Illes Balears) with U-16 athletes, and in which this year the return to the games of the Canary Islands delegation stands out.
Calvià Town Hall contributes to the celebration of the event by providing sports facilities. This edition was scheduled for 2020, but due to covid-19 it was postponed.
The Jeux des Îles stand out for having a differential character in terms of promoting the sporting values of cordiality and 'fair play', also promoting social inclusion through sport. An environmental vision is also emphasised in different aspects, avoiding, for example, disposable water bottles, prioritising local consumption over low prices, and locating athletes in hotels within a radius of less than 10 km from the sports facilities to avoid unnecessary transport. The celebration of this Jeux des Îles edition in Calvià is another example of the Town Hall's commitment to continue promoting sport as a tourism deseasonalisation tool. Also, through the increase in the ties between sport and tourism, it is intended to continue providing added value to the destination as part of the objective of tourist reconversion in the area.
