“We will combine all our strengths to strengthen our leadership as one of the most attractive tourist destinations.” With this premise, Board President Alfonso Fernández Manueco this Friday encouraged the sector to continue working “hand in hand” with the Board and move forward “by.” … This was one of the messages of AR-PA Cultural Tourism and regional leaders on the second day of the International Inland Tourism Fair (Intur), a dual event that opened to the public yesterday at the Valladolid trade fair.
He began his speech by thanking travel agents, hoteliers, tour operators and other tourism professionals for their “hard work”, saying their daily work “underpins our well-deserved success”. «You constitute a very powerful and very specialized sector. “We are committed to innovation, quality and excellence,” he said, stressing that the community has “first-class facilities, first-class hospitality, gastronomy and wine offerings, and lodging that is a hallmark of excellence and quality.” “With this amount, we were able to achieve a record number of overnight stays by foreign tourists,” he added.
he also mentioned something else Achieved an “absolute” record in August last year: Number of employees within the sector. The number was 82,000, and he once again thanked unions for their “active contribution to the creation of more and better jobs.”
He also justified why two of the region’s most important trade fairs, Intur and AR-PA, will be held simultaneously for the second year in a row, saying: “We are adding resources and synergies to position Castile and León as a first-class tourist destination and cultural benchmark,” and in the process seek to increase the “international projection” that has grown over time, as shown by the “10 percent increase in the number of foreign tourists in recent months.”
“We want to continue to grow and strengthen our offer,” he said from the stage where the board was set up in Intur and flanked by exhibitors. Royal Inn and Wine Route; Manueco added two “essential and distinctive” tourist attractions, including “World Heritage Sites, unparalleled natural spaces” and 150 local events labeled to indicate tourist interest in the region, with another 10 added yesterday. For this reason, he emphasized that with regard to the current campaign, “Castilla y León is now more worth a trip than ever.”
He added that at the trade fair “visitors will find a large-scale, modern and innovative environment” that will serve as a showcase for Castilla y León’s “excellent offer” and that virtual reality will have a special weight. It is also the enclave of Las Médulas, a World Heritage enclave affected by severe fires this summer.
Mr. Manueco visits AR-PA’s Las Medulas Foundation exhibition hall
It was a stand set up by the Las Médulas Foundation in pavilion 3 of the trade fair, and it was the stand for AR-PA that was one of the first to receive a visit from the President during the traditional inaugural parade, where he was accompanied by the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Gonzalo Santonja, as well as mayors and the president of the state parliament. The group’s members have transferred the restoration work, which they hope will bring the Observatory of Orella back into operation in record time and that the archeology classroom will be completed by the end of the year. Efforts are also underway with neighboring Portugal’s archaeological mine, Tresminas, which wants to extend its World Heritage status.
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