Tourism And Hospitality Industry
The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, through red.es launches a program to support the incorporation of technology in SMEs hotels and rural accommodation.
The program, which will take place in the 11 Autonomous Communities and Autonomous Cities of Ceuta and Melilla beneficiaries of European Development Funds (ERDF), has a total budget of 8.3 billion euros, provided by red.es and co-financed with European Union funds. It also has the support of the State Agency for the Management of Innovation and Tourism Technologies has worked with red.es in defining the program and will support the dissemination of the project among the target companies same.
The program will offer technology solutions focused on four key areas of the value chain of the tourism sector (reservations, room management, marketing and after-sales service) and is structured around three initiatives to support businesses: the development of a project demonstrator, through which concrete solutions can access to improve your business and advisory services, organizing workshops and training that will allow trained professionals on the use of ICT and the development of a portal web support where you can find more information.
Conducting a demonstration project.
Focus on self, micro and SMEs up to 49 employees, the hotel sector and farm houses, the beneficiaries will receive training on the use of ICT in managing their business and can Choose up to two of the following solutions and advisory services.
Smart Planning For Tourism Places
Tourism secretary, attorney suggest that the country grappling with the design and formulation of the National Tourism Development Plan, which is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and Macro-economics of the Central Government where planning is an essential tool for decision making.
He recommended that the plan should promote the dissemination of cultural values and cross-sectoral coordination, adaptation of the legal framework, implementation of land use in areas with tourism potential, training activities, maintain the promotion of domestic and international promotion of tourism, cultural heritage preservation and environmental conservation.
He said that during 2010 the country received 4.2 million tourists, who had an average stay about 10 days, with an average daily expenditure of about $ 107, which generate revenue for the state amounting to 4.209 million dollars.
He emphasized that tourism expenditures generate economic impact on the economy, oriented as follows: 30% for accommodation, food 20%, 15% fun and entertainment, local transportation 10% and 25% to buy things that are typical of this country taken this tour as a gift to their home countries.
So properly designed and technical tourism can offer the country applied for social and economic benefits that will directly benefit the population and continue to generate value added to GDP.
Conference on “Economic Impact on Tourism,” held under a series of talks conducted by the Sports and Cultural Club “Coanca” as part of a program of cultural activities.
The speaker showed the positive factors which make the Dominican Republic in an attractive destination for visitors, and even provide a comparative advantage that can make a profitable and sustainable tourism, citing among other things, geographical location, beaches, weather and sun, a rich folklore, hospitality of the Dominicans, and so on.
About Lic. William Liriano:
He served as Assistant Secretary and Secretary of State for Tourism, Chairman of the Board of Tourism Development, Tourism Advisory Central Bank of the Republic, President of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for the Americas, Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Tourism, President of the Dominican Association of Economists,
Professor extracurricular programs, special programs, special seminars and undergraduate courses at various universities in the field of Tourism.
They Will Build Sports Facilities At The Waterfront Qualified For Tourism
The mayor of Torrox, Francisco Muñoz (PSOE), has asked the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Sports of the Junta de Andalucía their collaboration for the development of class sporting facilities in the municipality, especially in the area of the coast.
In the first contact between the new municipal government and the provincial delegate of the Ministry, Antonio Souvirón, Torrox has the ruler on the table that can jointly develop projects to support infrastructure, sports and tourism in the municipality.
One of the aspects that has affected Muñoz at this meeting was the project for the implementation of the first class sporting facilities in the coastal area for which the regional government has raised an agreement to finance them. Here he has said that “we have a clear need class sports facilities on the coast and also believe that the creation of adequate infrastructure will provide sport for our neighbors at a time which will provide an important complement to our offer tourism.
Torrox Mayor has also raised the representative of the Ministry in the province momentum skate-park facilities and a climbing wall, which once counted for funding in collaboration with the Andalusian but “do not come about by previous decision of the municipal government.
Munoz and Souvirón, along with other members of the Municipal Corporation, visited the actions being carried out in the archaeological sites of Faro de Torrox aimed at the implementation of the Interpretation Centre of the Villa Romana. In this respect the mayor of Torrox has stated that “this was an initiative that began with a cooperation agreement we struck in 2006 with the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Junta de Andalucía, José María Rodríguez, and finally has been channeled by the previous government city through the Sustainable Tourism Initiative of the Axarquia which is funding the Department of Tourism together with the municipalities. ” In this regard, Muñoz added that “the enhancement of our heritage is another of our objectives that this constitutes an added value to our tourism and the importance that these actions have to know and preserve the history of our town” .