The tourism was the center of a day organized by the socialist municipal group in which different aspects of the main economic engine of the city were debated, an act open to the citizens and to the social agents of the city that was celebrated in Baleària Port.
The act was inaugurated by the leader of the Socialists of Dénia, Vicent Grimalt, who stressed that "It is necessary to know at what time we are and where we want to go in tourism". Grimalt reminded that, despite "have been ignored by the government team"The socialist group has submitted several proposals related to the tourism sector during the last legislature.
At the conference participated the former Minister of Trade and Tourism 1993-1996, Javier Gómez-Navarro Navarrete, who recalled that the local tourism policy "increasingly complex, because the differentiating elements of tourist destinations are no longer solely the prices of services consumed by potential tourists". For his part, Joan Carles Cambril, professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia spoke about the public-private partnership in tourism.
The central part of the day was the round table "How to manage the tourist destination: public-private collaboration to debate", Which was moderated by Antonio Bernabé, Director General of the Tourism Institute of Spain (2008-2012) and former Director General of l'Institut Valencià Turístic.
It was attended by the mayors of Benidorm and XàbiaAgustín Navarro and José Chulvi, Remé Cerdá, AEHTMA Manager, Miguel Agulles, tourism entrepreneur Denia, Adolfo Utor, President of Baleària and Javier Gómez-Navarro Navarrete.
The mayor of Benidorm explained that his municipality, tourism is "everything", What the Dianense have recognized entrepreneur Miguel Agulles "healthy envy" as "In Dénia we are not yet aware that we live from tourism and we must overcome two inbreeding problems in the city's tourism policy: the lack of continuity of a tourism strategy due to political change every four years and the lack of transversability of the councilors that form the City Council when managing the city as a tourist destination. "
The day was closed by the Secretary General of the PSPV-PSOE and candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat Valenciana, Ximo Puig, who bet on "the need to enhance public-private cooperation in tourism and bet on culture as a distinguishing feature of our territory as a tourist destination".
After the conference, the Socialist Group positively the celebration of this event whose main purpose "was to listen to the demands of the sector and citizens in tourism and learn the experiences of localities that are reference in tourism in the province", According to Vicent Grimalt.
Chusquero envy and cheap Turismo? Well, no. They would first have to define what type of tourism they want to come. If Tourism Quality Tourism Benidorm or style. From there begins the job of providing services and supply required to attract quality tourism.
Benidorm one already exists and where it is, is fine. Here the offer has to be another and distinct.
Healthy envy of Benidorm tourism…. well not me! and like me, many citizens. But have we gone crazy or what ???
And then, you see how few people left. Credibility? Any