Agreement Reached: Tívoli World on Spain’s Costa del Sol to Reopen

(eap) The Tívoli World amusement park in Benalmádena – a port city on the Costa del Sol between Málaga and Marbella – which opened in 1972 and closed in 2020 due to legal disputes, is to reopen. An agreement to this effect, which was signed by Benalmádena’s mayor Juan Antonio Lara and Andrés Gilabert, General Director of the park’s owner Grupo Tremón, has now been published.

With its numerous attractions, a concert stage and animals, Tívoli World was a popular social meeting place for both locals and tourists. Since its closure, some former employees have been taking care of the park and are actively involved in its reopening. The plans agreed by the town council and the Tremón Group, which can now be publicly viewed for a month, still have to be approved by a plenary session as they require changes to Benalmádena’s General Urban Development Plan. Tívoli World is to be expanded into an even larger leisure complex, including two hotels and a shopping center, and the existing infrastructure and attractions are to be modernized. The investment sum is estimated at between 100 and 200 million euros. One provision of the agreement also stipulates that former Tivoli employees who were affected by the park’s closure in 2020 will be given the opportunity to be rehired.

Mayor Lara commented: “The publication of the agreement is an important step that shows that this government will not hinder the reopening of Tivoli for a second, but will work tirelessly to make it a reality and comply with all relevant procedures to achieve this quickly and expeditiously. [...].” ■