The deputy mayor of Cartagena and national, Pilar Barreiro stated that "culture in our region works and works well. We have opened museums, cultural facilities have built large, we have taken the art to the street and we have enhanced and created great music festivals that set off the names of our cities and our region as never before had happened. "
Barreiro has made these statements in his speech this morning in the presentation of candidates for mayor of PP in the Region of Murcia, and has insisted that "all this has happened because we opted for talent. But because we know our duty from the administration is making culture has not only profitability but also socially and economically profitable. "
For the mayor "culture should be part of our economic model. The vision of culture as an industry not harmful. On the contrary, enriches, strengthens and gives the greatest social sense."
In this sense, Barreiro said "we want our cultural facilities are great places to enjoy culture and generators of wealth. This is the purpose of the PP, and it will be possible thanks to the connection that our Party has established between culture and tourism. "
It is worth mentioning the great effort of the regional government and the municipalities governed by the PP for carrying out in recent years, investment to enhance tourism in the region, investments that have evolved, nature tourism, thermal tourism in congress tourism, cruise tourism and religious tourism.
"We have recovered the historical heritage of our cities and we did putting in the hands of the best, because we know we can not compete if quality is not available. Quality is what the socialists call it wasteful, however, that quality has that many of our cities have been born and heritage tourism have become a cultural destination, "said the mayor.
But the PP has not abandoned the traditional tourism.
The beaches of the region have better infrastructure, better protected and have more services than ever.
In the region of Murcia are the municipalities with more beaches awarded with blue flags and Q quality.
"Quality and ambition to aim higher. Our cities have hosted major sporting events, great sailing competitions. We have not resigned themselves to do business as usual and so, in terms of tourism we have more than ever," the mayor stressed.
Pilar Barreiro "we continue to aspire to more. Investing in tourism, investment in culture, for us is not waste, is to invest in our future."
Source: PP Cartagena