CONCLUSIONS OF THE I LECRÍN VALLEY ACTIVE TOURISM CONFERENCE
The objectives of these I Conference on Active Tourism of the Lecrín Valley held in the municipality of Padul were:
-The promotion of the Valley.
-The training of the partners, in this case the active tourism partners and those who would like to register related to the subject, in the neighboring counties.
We have achieved the objectives.
More than 100 participants have registered and a large majority have congratulated us, both for the topics covered and for the quality of the speakers.
Topics have been discussed:
-Legislation on Active Tourism both at the level of the Tourism Delegation and the Judicial field.
-how to create a tourist resource by analyzing some particular cases, such as the Lanjarón races or races promoted by the Provincial Council, sports area.
-We have talked about some active tourism companies, ecological tourism or ecotourism, cultural tourism, health tourism, seeing that they are the future; the traveler wants to have a good experience that is increasingly demanded as ecological.
-the limits and the activities that can be done and to what extent have been discussed within the Natural Park and the National Park.
-of the necessary insurance for the activity by companies specialized in Active Tourism insurance.
-on how to promote a tourist resource: who you want to reach, how to do it, what interests us from the consumers of our products, what means we can count on, especially in this digital age, etc.
-on the routes and paths that cross the Lecrín Valley, analyzing other national routes and comparing them with our resources and where we can go.
-The Boabdil Route was discussed, a resource created for the promotion of three counties in two provinces with the participation of more than 25 municipalities.
-On the importance of promoting the Lecrín Valley, analyzing our resources, our capacities and the future to which we can aspire.
-about the need for a traveler to have a good experience on their trip, and everyone wants to have that experience and tell about it on their return through social networks. The photo or video where we are the protagonist takes special importance.
-promotional marketing in social networks for rural tourism that is increasingly positioned as necessary to live a great experience.
-on the European Charter for sustainable tourism. There are only 4 members within the Charter and it would be recommended that more could become part of this community.
-how to create a company and what types of subsidies and aid we can have, for which we can count on the unconditional support of CADE.
-presentation by the Rescue Group of the Civil Guard GREIM, several cases of rescues due to recklessness, what types of rescues there are and what measures we must take according to the degree of difficulty in tourism activities, always with specialists and with trained monitors who know how to assess the risk that we are going to have.
-We saw photos of other tourist resources outside our province and others from the Lecrín Valley, comparing the showiness, beauty and “cheerful” nature of our region.
-The VALE association showed us what active tourism is like for the disabled and how it is another model of sustainable tourism, but one that requires the adaptation and solidarity of the whole society. We saw a very emotional video.
-we saw different resources of the cultural heritage of the Lecrín Valley throughout history.
-there were 23 presentations in two days with some exceptional trainers to whom we thanked for their contribution and they returned them to us grateful for having contributed to this excellent event. We were advised to repeat.
-We invite all attendees and speakers to the country lunch and breakfast on both days to create a climate for the exchange of opinions.
-Each presentation lasted approximately half an hour and there were another 15 minutes for discussion and questions, in addition to breakfast and lunch.
-On Saturday afternoon, attendees were able to participate in three activities: sports, ecotourism and cultural tourism at the Valle de Lecrín Nautical Center, El Aguadero and Origen Nature Classroom.
-The Conference was opened and closed by the Tourism Delegate Gustavo Rodriguez, the mayor of Padul Manuel Villena and Isaias Padial, president of Granada Rural Sur.
Definitely:
We have a wonderful Lecrín Valley, little known outside the province, with spectacular resources, an ideal climate, lots of sun and lots of water from the melting of the Sierra Nevada peaks, well located between Granada, Sierra Nevada, La Alpujarra and the Costa Tropical and that we want and need to improve the quality of our establishments in order to achieve higher-level tourism, ecological, sustainable and not overcrowded.
We are going to create a commission to vindicate from the administrations questions that we believe are interesting for the good development of a Valle Verde that is not overcrowded but with higher quality tourism.
We are going to try to obtain the Certificate of Quality in Destination granted by the Ministry of Tourism through the SICTED Tourism Delegation with the collaboration of our town councils.
We are going to continue doing events to promote the Valley.
We will continue to be an ACTIVE Association.
It has been a Conference with great success in terms of participation, organization, collaboration, the level of the speakers..., the initial expectations have been exceeded and they have been praised by all the collaborating public bodies, which has made them value and give the importance of ACTIVE TOURISM in the Lecrín Valley.
For the best holiday in the Lecrín Valley, remember that on the Lecrín Valley Tourism website you can book your accommodation, your activities or your restaurant directly with the owners. Who better to help you plan everything? And without any commissions!
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