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- SICTED is a project funded for years by the State Secretariat of Tourism (SET) and sponsored by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) and the most powerful public tool to develop tourism competitiveness or evaluate the quality of services of which the municipalities of Murcia, Lorca, Águilas, San Javier, Mazarrón, Puerto Lumbreras and the Commonwealth of Tourist Services of Sierra Espuña are already part

Cartagena, Saturday, January 19-.

On the occasion of the press conference yesterday offered by the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, on the actions that the City Council will develop during the International Tourism Fair to be held next week in Madrid, the spokesperson for Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín , believes it is very opportune to remember that your Municipal Group will defend at the next ordinary plenary the accession of Cartagena as a destination in the Sicted (Integral System of Tourist Quality in Destination) to evaluate and improve the quality of the sector.

Manuel Padín has indicated that the municipality of Murcia will receive in Fitur precisely the prize for the best destination Sicted 2018 by the State Secretariat for Tourism in recognition of the quality of services in that municipality, "Cartagena has to take advantage of all public tools that he has at his disposal so that within a few years it is our municipality that receives this recognition, but neither PP, MC or PSOE have taken steps in this direction ".

It seems contradictory and nonsense that the Minister of Tourism describes Cartagena as 'the tourist capital of the region' but has not moved a finger for the inclusion of our municipality in the national system of tourist quality, "Cartagena does not live on flattery, We want the institutional support we deserve. "

The proposal of Cs Cartagena in the January plenary session will support the one promoted by its Group in the Assembly in October 2018, and that was approved by the Assembly's Committee on Industry, Labor, Trade and Tourism so that the pertinent actions could be taken to the implantation of the Sicted in all those municipalities with tourist interest of the Region of Murcia that have not yet achieved it, among them and especially Cartagena;

the proposal was supported by all political groups except the PP, which abstained.

Manuel Padín believes that "without a doubt, our full inclusion in the Sisted will in turn promote the necessary Tourism Strategic Plan, which has been pending since MC and PSOE entered the Government, a few months to end the term we still have no news about this".

The drafting of this plan is a clamor of the sector for many years, "and as our hoteliers think is that this plan should start from the Port of Cultures, which is where the technical specialists are and who has the capacity to do it", says Padín.

"Since 2015, Cartagena has been condemned to not have the slightest coordination between institutions, and that has meant that the tourism market suffers in the municipality despite the increase in visitors," says Manuel Padin who recalls that it was Citizens that rescued the Tourism Advisory Council, after 31 years inactive, but to date it has not been implemented nor have the statutes been updated, as was promised more than a year ago, on November 10, 2017 in his only operative session;

This would have been the perfect environment to discuss our entire political strategy for tourism. "

SICTED

It is a project promoted for years by the State Secretariat of Tourism (SET) and sponsored by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) and already part of it in the Community the municipalities of Murcia, Lorca, Águilas, San Javier, Mazarrón, Puerto Lumbreras and the Commonwealth of Tourist Services of Sierra Espuña.

This system seeks to improve the quality of tourist destinations by working with companies and services of up to 35 related trades, "with the aim of acquiring an integral awareness of the destination and identifying the common objectives of the agents involved," summarizes Manuel Padín.

Sicted is considered as the best tool to increase tourism competitiveness in Spain.

During the whole process, the entrepreneurs receive support and advice from the Tourism Institute to obtain the badge granted by the Tourism Secretary of State.

At present, the Region has 250 companies and distinguished services.

"Cartagena has some companies and services in the system, but it does not belong as a destination and we believe that it has to join this lever of competitiveness and tourist quality as soon as possible, and we hope to have the support of the rest of the political groups", concludes Manuel Padín .

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena