The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, and the Director General of Tourism, Angel M.
Gil Campos, have been delivered to the Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, along with 24 other municipal representatives in the Network of Tourist Offices in the Region of Murcia, the certification of ISO 9001:2008 for the Branch Network Tourism, in a ceremony that took place this morning at the Tourist Center of Competence, the capital of Murcia.
During the ceremony, the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, presented the certification of quality of the Network of Tourist Information Offices in the Region of Murcia, which currently has 28 centers attached to the system ISO 9001 and 3 points information and the addition of 2 new offices in 2009, the de Moratalla and Archena
The awards reward compliance with quality standards ISO 9001, while recognizing the path of the offices and the volume of applications and services.
Specifically, the evaluation criteria were taken into account have depended on factors such as degree of personal qualifications, the state of communications with other offices and agencies, developments in the office and the professionalism of the whole.
The implementation of the proposed network of tourism offices in the region officially began on March 26, 2002, with the primary objective of maintaining an updated regional tourist information, strengthen quality processes, create a unique image as a network and implement a tool, PACE, connecting all offices and they were dumped in real-time data derived from this service.
In addition, to strengthen the tourist information services in the region, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism reported that since the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, this year it will launch a new training plan will main objective of improving the language skills of office staff, enhance local knowledge and disseminate greater volume of tourist information.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Fotos: Ayto. y CARM