The Board of Directors of the Art, Culture and Tourism Centers has approved the Forecast of Income and Expenses for the year 2025, which raises ordinary income to 50.8 million euros, in an Extraordinary session in which the Labor Framework and the P.A.A.I.F. have also been approved (Annual Action, Investment and Financing Program) for the next year.
After the session, the Entity's advisor, Ángel Vázquez, expressed his satisfaction for the support of the Council members to a document "that reaffirms the bases on which we are executing a management model that allows us to generate greater wealth for the population and, at the same time, reduce the pressure of the human footprint on Manrique's work." In this sense, he pointed out that the update of rates carried out at the beginning of this year has played a "key" role in ordering the visit and improving the experience of our customers.
Among the challenges to which the Budget responds, the advisor pointed out those of "maintaining the brilliance and essence of Manrique's work; improving the satisfaction of our visitors; strengthening our ties with the local population; promoting the transformation of our gastronomic proposal; seeking the stability of the staff and continuing to be an open window to bring to society the emerging and consolidated talent of the island's artists."
Key points of the 2025 Budget
In broad strokes, the 2025 budget year of the Tourist Centers consolidates the operational improvements that have been made during the last months and aims to build a more agile, modern and orderly organization. It is committed to an exhaustive control of costs and carries out a deep analysis in search of new keys to improve in order to increase the profitability of the Entity.
It is a document resulting from the study of the operation programmed by the airlines in Lanzarote for 2025 and the forecasts of financial agents as reputable as the Bank of Spain, the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIREF), BBVA Research, Caixabank Research and Exceltur, among others.
The 2025 Budget of the Tourist Centers contemplates revenues of 37.9 million euros from the sale of tickets, 7.9 million from restaurant services and 4.8 million euros through the stores, for a total turnover of 50.8 million euros.
Regarding the expenditure chapter, 5.6 M euros are set corresponding to the fees to be paid to the municipalities of Haría, Yaiza and Tinajo, as well as 1.5 M to the Cabildo of Lanzarote. At this point, it should be remembered that the regulation of the Entity's fees is the result, on the one hand, of the agreement reached by the advisor, Ángel Vázquez, with the mayors of the councils and the Cabildo of Lanzarote, and on the other, by the entry into force of the Fiscal Ordinance that regulates the fee to the First Island Institution.
Similarly, it establishes an increase in the budget item allocated to the conservation of Manrique's work, and a very notable one, of 156.8%, which is allocated to the cultural services of the Entity.
The item linked to Corporate Social Responsibility is also increased, the mechanism that allows activating projects related to sports, health, education, inclusion and accessibility, and that responds to the commitments established in the Entity's Statutes. "It allows us to get closer to the population to return a part of the economic benefit generated by an effective and efficient management of resources," said Vázquez.
On the other hand, the item allocated to the contracting of ETT's services decreases based on the increase in the calls for personnel selection and internal promotion. However, the result of the Entity projected for the year 2025 amounts to 5,753,836.36 euros before the tax on profits.
The P.A.A.I F 2025
Regarding the Annual Action, Investment and Financing Program of the Art, Culture and Tourism Centers, it should be noted that it allocates 1.4 M euros to the project of adaptation of the new building of the Central Offices; 0.5 M to the paving of the parking lot and service areas of the Montañas del Fuego and other centers, and 0.3 M for the improvement of the pool, the bridge and the exteriors of the Islote de Fermina, among other actions aimed at improving energy efficiency and promoting the modernization of the Entity. Likewise, 0.2 M are contemplated for the renewal of the fleet to zero emission vehicles.
Finally, the Board of Directors approved the Labor Framework of the Entity, and the joint proposal of the advisor and the Works Council for the next drafting of a Job Position List.
