And reiterated the "strong will and commitment of all sectors involved for large projects related to tourism bring prosperity to all Murcia and the rest of Spain"
The event was the Mayor of Totana, Isabel Maria Sanchez, and council totaneros, David Amoros and Maria Jose Baeza, among others
Valcárcel was speaking during the ceremony that the PP sector held in Alhama de Murcia under "Tourism Strategic Projects in the Region of Murcia", which was attended by the Secretary of State for Tourism, Isabel Borrego, the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, the mayor and president of the PP in Alhama, Alfonso Ceron, and a broad representation of regional and national tourism sector, such as presidents and Hostecar Hostemur, Soledad Diaz and Francisca Naranjo, respectively, and the president of Premursa, Jesus Samper.
During his speech, Valcárcel has stressed the importance of the goals that will make Murcia tourist potential, "as accessibility to bring people to the region with infrastructure like high-speed train or the International Airport of the Region of Murcia, and projects like Paramount park in which we believe and whose works-say-we will begin next spring. "
In relation to the theme park, the president is popular criticized that "there are people in this region, people PSRM, who likes to thrive not government projects, because although they are also good for the region are to the ruling party, and therefore prefer the region be damned. "
"When asked to PSRM spokesman at the Regional Assembly, Begoña García Retegui, asked what the year 2013, she said, 'is not met any of the goals and purposes of the Government of the Region of Murcia'" he Valcarcel said, who said that "our goal is to have jobs that generate wealth and develop projects, for success is for all Murcia".
Meanwhile, Isabel Borrego regional PP congratulated "for giving the tourism industry the importance it deserves", a sector that has emerged as "one of the strongest pillars of our economy, providing 11 percent of our GDP and generate 11 100 jobs ", which makes Spain" the second country in the world tourism revenues and the first holiday tourism, with a variety on offer is hard to match. "
"We have reached the 58 million tourists in 2012," said Borrego, who added that in Spain last December first reached one billion tourists worldwide, a figure he considers "very positive for light of the global economic situation "and that according to the World Tourism Organization, expected to continue growing at 4% a year, reaching 1,600 million tourists in 2020."
In this regard, he stated that "Spain, and with it the Region of Murcia, should be the first to adapt to the 'tourist revolution' through the use of new media technology, innovation and modernization," adding that "knows Murcia cutting edge technology and is a clear example to the rest of Spain, not surprisingly, was the first autonomous region to surrender their technological developments pointers and enjoy the rest of autonomies ".
GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS-SPAIN REGION
Ramón Luis Valcárcel has referred to various initiatives with the region and the Government of Spain have collaborated in tourism, stating that, for example, "Murcia was the first to assign its technological developments in tourism to other regions through of the new platform 'Share initiatives', launched by the Ministry of Tourism and managed by the State Agency for the Management of Innovation and Tourist Technologies (Segittur) ".
Other collaborations were:
- Working Turespaña: The Region of Murcia is one of three communities that participate, through its Minister of Tourism, the working group within the Spanish Tourism Council (Conestur) to study the reorganization and private participation in Turespaña and network optimization Spanish Tourism Office abroad.
- Convention HERMES: This is an agreement signed by the President and the Secretary of State on December 7, 2012, by which the tourism marketing platform 'Hermes', created by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, is used as European technological base STEEP project (European Platform of Social Tourism exchanges).
With this agreement, the Community of Murcia becomes technology partner State Society for Innovation Management and Tourism Technologies (Segittur) and lead the development of the European trading platform.
- Support for the Union and its Cante de las Minas: Isabel Borrego attended the final of the last edition of the Cante de las Minas and, after presenting the award for dance, said: "There is no other like it in the world, I said, and what I have seen today.
Today more than ever understand the reason why we have to bring together the art of flamenco to all corners of the planet, because flamenco is what we are with the joys and sorrows. "
- Senior Tourism: The project "Europe Senior Tourism" is one of the main projects of the Ministry of Tourism to combat tourism seasonality.
It is a pioneering international organization intended to travel to Spain partially subsidized for over 55 residents in the EU in the medium and low seasons.
Its objectives are to stimulate economic activity outside of the summer season, encourage active employment policies, contribute to the construction of the concept of European citizenship and active aging population.
This year, for the first time has been granted to the Region of Murcia.
For his part, Secretary of State for Tourism, Isabel Borrego, stressed the approval last June and Comprehensive National Plan for Tourism and the creation by the central government, a legislative framework favorable to this strategic sector.
It has been referred to the labor reform, which gives greater flexibility in employment in low season to promote seasonal, to the reform of the Coastal Act, which will allow the scrupulous respect for the environment is compatible with the tourist uses coast "to the modulation of airport charges, and the streamlining of visa issuance policy," which has allowed us to grow in emerging markets, such as Russian, above 40%. "
Borrego has added to these measures, "the creation of a working group to decide how private initiative will assist in the funding decision and Turespaña, and which consisted of Murcia through your counselor Pedro Alberto Cruz "commissioning of three funding lines for young entrepreneurs to integrate tourism innovation in tourism, and infrastructure renewal, or the study of how the private sector can enter Paradores management.
"A clear support to entrepreneurs in this country, real generators of wealth and employment," he concluded.
