The Tourism team of the Tías City Council starred this Friday in the official presentation of their department to the business sector of Lanzarote with an explanation of the strategic plan for the coming years based on four pillars: Sustainability, Accessibility, Gastronomy and Sports, and with the presentation of the new design of the website www.puertodelcarmen.com
The event, which was held at the Lava Beach Hotel, was presided over by the mayor, José Juan Cruz, and the first deputy mayor and councilor for Tourism and Beaches, Mame Fernández, who excused the second deputy mayor, Nicolás Saavedra. The government team thanked the work of the Tourism technical team: Ani Ruiz, Pedro Rodríguez and Domingo Lorenzo.
The event was attended by a broad representation of the Lanzarote Tourist Federation, headed by Susana Pérez, as well as the councilor of the Centers for Art, Culture and Tourism (CACT) of the Island Council of Lanzarote, Juan Félix Eugenio and the director of the Society for Foreign Promotion of Lanzarote (SPEL), Héctor Fernández, among others.
José Juan Cruz stressed in his speech that this act "is a declaration of intent, affectionate and close, to continue working hand in hand with the tourism sector and to increase the quality of life of all citizens". He also referred to the necessary coexistence of the tourism industry and the protection of the territory.
The Councilor for Tourism and Beaches, Mame Fernández, said for his part that "we want to make Puerto del Carmen beautiful." "We are already working on everything that catches the eye, on the pavement and on the lampposts, but we want to go further, we want to give a facelift to strongly reposition the tourist destination Puerto del Carmen and the municipality of Tías. The doors of the City Council are open for you to collaborate and help us," he added.
José Juan Cruz and Mame Fernández stressed that "all together, government and business sector, we will reposition our destination in the market."
Strategic plan.
From the Tourism area, Domingo Lorenzo outlined the corporation's strategic plan for the next four years, inviting the different actors in the sector to transfer their own proposals to the City Council in order to achieve a joint and consensual work.
The four lines of work of the aforementioned plan are Sustainable Development, Accessibility, Gastronomy and Sports. According to Lorenzo, "these initiatives and proposals that I detail are not just lip service, they represent a real signal to the markets that Puerto del Carmen and the municipality of Tías is a destination that compensates for the carbon footprint that has meant its transfer to the island." "We will take concrete measures to ensure that this emission is increasingly lower," he added.
Among the numerous measures mentioned, the III Modernization Plan of Puerto del Carmen under sustainable criteria, the Mobility Plan of the municipality of Tías as a strategic document for collective travel, Tías as a tourist destination without single-use plastics and Tías, headquarters of the Canary Observatory of Climate Change.
In addition, the City Council is already working on an Accessibility Plan to eliminate architectural barriers, is promoting the reopening of the School Restaurant in El Fondeadero with the activation of the primary sector and local production, preferably ecological; and is carrying out efforts to provide Puerto del Carmen with sports facilities to train at the highest level, among other actions.
Everyone thanked the management of the Hibiscus group for their willingness to hold this presentation at the Lava Beach hotel, which, in the words of Mame Fernández, "has new and modern facilities and is a clear example of how to face the future." The councilor also thanked the presence at the event of representatives of Civil Protection and Local Police of Tías.