The president and spokesman of MC, Jesus Giménez, and the Secretary of Organization, Angel Tarifa, held this morning a working meeting with the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Cartagena, Miguel Martinez.
During this meeting, which has been held in the Chamber's premises, various issues of interest to the municipality and the Region have been addressed as the state of this body, as well as the current situation in logistics, tourism and treatment received By the Region of Cartagena in the regional budgets.
It should be remembered that, yesterday, the Executive Committee of the Chamber of Commerce was held in which the Finance Minister, Andrés Carrillo, took part.
In this forum, Cartagena entrepreneurs complained that Cartagena and its region were once again disadvantaged in regional budgets, calling for more investment in strategic sectors such as tourism, while regretting the evident differences in the investments received in the Different areas of the Autonomous Community.
After this morning's meeting, the president and spokesman of MC, Jesús Giménez, thanked the Chamber, firstly, "the cordiality with which MC has always been received by this institution."
On the issues discussed, it has become clear that "the Zach of Los Camachos should serve as a nucleus and pole of the whole of Spanish southeast because it has all the conditions".
Giménez has indicated that "the Chamber welcomes the initiative of MC to advance in the studies that allow the creation of an agro-food logistics area in the Los Camachos Polygon that offers service to this important industry of the Campo de Cartagena."
Given this support, the president of MC has advanced that "we will take to the next Plenary, previous meeting with the entrepreneurs of Los Camachos, this initiative so that it is the City Council who assumes the leadership of this project that should abound in the progress and development of the municipality And the Shire. "
Similarly, said the spokesman of the formation cartagenerista, "we have talked about tourism that has traditionally had the Sun and Beach and continues to maintain, is now much more, adding to it urban tourism, cultural and a rich gastronomic wealth That attracting, in this line the municipal government with the Year of Modernism and the incipient Year of the Enlightenment, as well as nature tourism and environmental heritage make Cartagena a unique destination.
"We have talked about possibilities to improve, to make this destination more attractive, what we can do, since the infrastructure deficit has already been claimed by the municipal government, MC and the House itself to regional and state executives And we must continue with this claim. "
"We have to work and improve in the promotion of tourism," said Jesús Giménez.
In that sense, it has expressed the support of MC to the initiative of the Chamber that will organize, next spring, "an independent forum of tourism that will improve, even more, the data of tourism in Cartagena."
The data confirms that Cartagena, like the rest of the Spanish state, is growing as a result of the fact that Cartagena is the only municipality in the Region that moves in the national data. , Despite the lack of infrastructure ".
"For that reason, the tourist industry must be another of the pillars on which the progress of the municipality is based".
The president of the Cartagena formation added that there has also been talk about "regional budgets in 2017, which, as always, punish Cartagena. We have confirmed that there is a slight improvement in the interest shown, but both parties consider that should be abundant In a vindication to the regional administration of a greater commitment and to supervise the execution of budgets that, apparently, can improve the situation of Cartagena ".
"We flee from the window dressing and propaganda, we want to make a commitment to Cartagena, with its progress and development, and also with the viability of the economic activity of Cartagena respond to the possibilities that the municipality and our entire region has."
To conclude, Jesús Giménez has encouraged the entrepreneurs of the municipality to be involved with the Chamber of Commerce "paying the voluntary quotas" that represent "a small amount" and that "allows to maintain the work of the Chamber, coordinate all initiatives and achieve That the business fabric is united and prepared for the challenges of the future. "
Source: MC