The full City Council of Totana has given the green light to two local initiatives through which they intend to seek new ways to attract tourists to the town in the hands of entrepreneurs and socio-economic actors.
With these proposals, raised by the Mayor, is to carry out concrete actions of the Municipal Tourism Strategic Plan together with travel agencies, hotels, caterers, artisans, taxi drivers and other entrepreneurs in order to revive the economy.
On the one hand, it has given the green light to the request to the Autonomous Community of the town of Totana statement as "Area of ​​Interest Craftsman" in order to lead the modernization and development of the crafts sector to facilitate the retention of artisans in the locality.
Moreover, the achievement of this documentation may be subject to financial aid and loans to finance investments, subsidies for promotion and marketing of handicrafts.
On the other hand, has unanimously approved the establishment of a working group which will consist of all actors involved socioeconónmicos, through which you want to take concrete actions to go for quality tourism, sustainable, seasonally adjusted , didactic and motivated.
With this proposal, as explained Sánchez Ruiz, will strive to achieve strategic differentiation of products and actions to provide value to tourism in Totana, under the firm commitment to tourism as a key sector for the reactivation economic criteria.
In this sense, the mayor has indicated that it aims to promote Totana positioning as a destination with a long tradition of attractive natural environment associated with the major city that has both in their immediate environment and in the immediate surroundings.
It has also indicated that should go for innovative products based on cultural, archaeological, religious, natural, monumental and ethnographic integrated township with a backbone.
These actions will also focus on the promotion of quality cuisine and presents remarkable peculiarities, and the development of cultural tradition, through enhancement of cultural resources related to folklore, performing arts, crafts, folk traditions and local elements associated with these topics.
Furthermore, bet on link provided to ceramics as a symbol of local identity and strengthen strategic geographic location, as it can be the hub from which to travel to other destinations where different forms of tourism development or professional activities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Foto: Totana.com