Isabel Bonig considered the economic engine nautical tourism to generate employment and wealth

This morning, the Councilor for Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, Isabel Bonig, accompanied by the mayor of Denia, Ana Kringe, the president of the Spanish Federation of Ports Associations, Gabriel Sandoval, the director of Marina de Denia and president of the Association of Marinas of Valencia, Gabriel Martínez and Asmar director, Víctor Moreno, inaugurated the Symposium XV Marinas in Dénia held today and tomorrow.

In total around 80 people who, through various presentations, will address fundamental for the nautical sector and the reform of port taxes, trends and future of the marine industry or the new concession model of marinas topics involved the autonomous communities.

"Nautical tourism, instrument of integration"

In her presentation, Isabel Bonig has ensured that "nautical tourism is considered as a fundamental economic engine for the generation of employment and wealth" and has ensured that the Valencian Community is "totally focused on tourism and offers alternatives to the sun and beach We have a very diversified offer and it includes nautical tourism as an instrument of integration and territorial cohesion. "

New times, new challenges

"New times, new challenges" has been the talk that has opened this XV Symposium of Sports Ports, an initiative that celebrates 25 years and that for the first time has held in a port of the Valencian community.

According Bonig has informed the Regional Minister in his speech, Valencia has 400 kilometers of coastline including 60 coastal municipalities are counted. Among them, there are more than 40 nautical and port facilities, with five ports of general interest and 35 marinas, with more than 20.500 moorings.

Each 100 moorings, 2 jobs

Isabel Bonig has defended the marinas as a source of employment and has ensured that "for each 100 moorings two direct jobs and approximately 18 indirect jobs are generated". Bonig has indicated that before the summer the Ports Law of the Valencian community will be approved, with which it will be possible to "simplify procedures and show the ports as true economic drivers".

For her part, the mayor of Dénia Ana Kringe has thanked the Spanish Federation of Sports Port Associations for betting "on our destiny and also Marina de Dénia for her constant commitment to the city of Dénia and its positioning as one of the main nautical destinations of our country. "