Title: Development and Tourism in El Vendrell
Course: TRAVELLING

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COSTA DORADA: EL VENDRELL

Costa Dorada's the name of Tarragona's coast in Catalonia, on the north-east coast of Spain. The delicate but brilliant colour of gold, typical of the light reflecting into crystaline water of the sea gives the name to this coast: Costa Dorada, that is Golden Coast.

El Vendrell is located on the north of this coast, between two beautiful cities: Barcelona, in the north, and Tarragona, in the south. It's got long beaches of fine golden sand.

Language Focus: 's

QUESTION

In this text apears three 's choose which of these answers is TRUE.

- The 's of "Costa Dorada's" is verb to be, the 's of "Tarragona's" is possessive, the 's of "It's got" is verb have got.
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- The 's of "Costa Dorada's" is possessive, the 's of "Tarragona's" is verb to be, the 's of "It's got" is verb have got.
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- The 's of "Costa Dorada's" is verb to be, the 's of "Tarragona's" is verb have got, the 's of "It's got" is possessive.
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LOCATION OF EL VENDRELL

El Vendrell was located between three physical lines: La Riera de la Bisbal, the national road and railway line.

In 1974 it jumps the physical first line: La Riera de la Bisbal, growing the neighborhood of El Tancat. In 1980 it jumps to the second line: The railway line and a new district grows, El Puig.

In the eighteen century, when the old town of El Vendrell was still a medieval wall, appear the districs of Sant Salvador and later Coma-ruga.

QUESTION

- The three pysical lines where El Vendrell was located are:

- La Riera de la Bisbal, the railway line and El Tancat.
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- La Riera de la Bisbal, the national road and El Puig.
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- La Riera de la Bisbal, the railway line and the national road.
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BEACH DISTRICTS

The district of San Salvador was born with a few buildings that they called "shop" and used by fishermen to store their pots and also their tools work of agriculture: vineyards, olive trees ...

The beach is fine sand, and it was used as a floating port where the barrelsexported alcohol which was manufactured in a factory that was in the Valls Road.

QUESTION

- In eighteen and nineteen centuries people in beach districts called shop to:

- Big buildings where fishermen stored the alcohol barrels.
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- Little buildings where fishermen stored their pots and tols.
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- Little buildings where fishermen sold pots, fish and tols.
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TOURISM BEGINS

In 1909 Coma-ruga SPA hotel was opened, there is a source of thermal waters and as since 1887 there was the rail station of Sant Vicenç, the rich people of that time began to spend the Summer (two or three months) in these two districts, attracted by sea-water- beach.

In 1920 there were 39 buildings in San Salvador, one of them Sant Salvador Chapel, 31 were houses and the other stores.

In Coma-ruga was Brisamar SPA hotel with 46 rooms.

Slowly tourism grew. Between 1955 and 1970 there was a tourist “Boom” from Europe and the rest of Spain.

QUESTION

- Which of these two sentences is the TRUE one?

- In nineteen ninety Comarruga SPA hotel was openend.
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- In nineteen twenty there was a Chapel in Sant Salvador.
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EL VENDRELL TODAY

The population in 1920 was 4,911 inhabitants in 1960 to 6,121 inhabitants, but in 1995 was 18,964 inhabitants, although there were a total of 19,594 homes, more houses than people, because more than half houses are second homes for rent in tourism and a lot ofhotels, campings ..., for your holidays.

Currently, El Vendrell has 35,000 inhabitants but the holiday season tourism triples its population.

QUESTION

- Which of these two sentences is the TRUE one?

- El Vendrell doesn't triples its population during holiday season tourism.
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- From 1920 to 1960 the population grew 1.210 inhabitants
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THE END

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