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- "It has been more than a week since it was called, and we have no news that it will be done, so we are forced to take a new question in plenary and tomorrow we will present the proposal in the Monitoring Committee Of Agreements of the Plenary ", has indicated the Councilor of Citizens in Cartagena, Ana Rama.

The Municipal Citizens Group in Cartagena criticizes the new breach of the local government with a plenary agreement, this time, the orange formation regrets that the City Council has exceeded the deadline that marked its initiative, supported unanimously, to launch the Advisory Council Of Tourism in less than a month since its approval.

"It has been more than a week since it was convened, and we have no news of what will be done, so we are forced to take a new question in Plenary and present tomorrow the proposal to the Commission for Follow-up Agreements of the Plenary, "said the Councilor for Citizens in Cartagena, Ana Rama.

On March 30, the Council of Citizens achieved that the Government of Cartagena pledged to convene for the first time in the history of Cartagena this Council.

Ana Rama recalled that this consultative body "has been inactive since its constitution 31 years ago, and that this space is the most conducive place for political groups, social agents and businessmen to analyze the suitability of the policies being carried out And propose initiatives in tourism. "

According to Rama, "Cartagena is a city whose present and future is intimately linked to the cultural and tourist development of it."

Through data by the City of Cartagena, in early January of this year, Cartagena Puerto de Culturas received more than 400,000 visitors in 2016, an increase of 16.73% over the previous year, and forecasts Is that these figures increase exponentially, both domestic and foreign visitors.

Despite these data, "so important for our city has never been set up the Tourism Advisory Council", according to Ana Rama, who considers that this circumstance is added to the lack of coordination between the areas of Tourism and Heritage "both Councils walk Independently, which is having a very negative impact on the city and its future. "

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena