The Junta de Andalucía has declared the living Bethlehem of Beas event of tourist interest.This distinction has been published today in the Boja, which includes the process carried out by the City Council to achieve this recognition that shows its special importance as a Andalusian tourist resource.

For the Territorial Delegate of Tourism in Huelva, María Ángeles Muriel, it is a recognition of the residents of Beas, who every year they turn with this representation, and to the work of the town hall for promoting the procedure to achieve this statement that will contribute to"Disseminate this celebration further that attracts thousands of people every year to enjoy the experience of being part of this singular Bethlehem, to be able to travel the different scenes that the residents of the town represent as one more figures".

The recreation made by the residents of Beas of the biblical scenes of the birth of Jesus attracts every Christmas to an average of 20.000 people to this Huelva municipality of around 4.200 inhabitants.Most visitors come mainly from the provinces of Huelva, Cádiz and Sevilla and the Portuguese Algarve, although this statement "will help their promotion beyond the closest environment".

Beas's living Bethlehem is one of the oldest in Andalusia, since it has been celebrated since 1970.Organized by the Brotherhood of Our Lady The Virgen de los Clarines, the neighbors turn with this representation in which furniture, domestic utensils, agricultural tools and machines and traditional artisanal production and artisanal production are used in the history of the history of the municipality of the municipality of the municipality.

The scenes are recreated in an interior and sheltered space, as a large cave, around a large central lake every weekend and holidays since the end of November at the beginning of January.Visitors walk along trails, cross streams, enter the houses and palaces, enjoy the grinding of the olive, observe how the chacinas are made and “a set of experiences that convert the stay into Beas into something unforgettable and thatMany families repeat every year as a Christmas tradition, ”said Muriel.

"Beas's living Bethlehem announces Christmas in the province of Huelva," said the Territorial Tourism Delegate.The celebration has been growing so much that for years the City Council organizes a whole program of complementary activities such as guided visits, hiking routes, flamenco parties, markets and musical shows that complete the offer and make this small town of Huelva in a preferential destination duringThe Christmas holidays.

The City Council of Beas asked the Ministry of Tourism for this statement on February 28, 2021 and the Tourism Delegation of Huelva issued its report on September 20.In November it was the General Secretariat for Tourism, the body that also pronounced in a favorable sense to the declaration.Hence the file passed to the Andalusian Tourism Council, which issued a positive opinion on December 1, which originated the formal proposal once the requirements and criteria required were recognized.