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Carlos Mazón appeals to unity to demand the expansion of the airports of Valencia and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández and affirms that delaying it “is irresponsible”

 

• Carlos Mazón appeals to unity to demand the expansion of the airports of Valencia and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández and affirms that...It underlines the leadership of the Valencian Community in tourism forecasts and points to the need to “resolve now” these infrastructures “because every day that passes is a loss of employment, competitiveness and economic impact”

He points out that on May 8 the study of the need for the second runway at the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández airport will be presented “with rigor and solvency.”

Claims the tourism industry for its contribution to economic and social development and reiterates the Consell's commitment to defending it and a model compatible with sustainability 
It highlights the tourism policies that this Council has implemented, such as the elimination of the tourist tax “in which the sector goes from resignation to ambition”

The president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, has appealed to the unity of the tourism sector to demand the second runway of the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández airport, as well as the expansion of the Manises airport during his participation in the General Assembly of Hosbec (Hotel Business Association and tourism of the Valencian Community) and has stated that delaying it “is irresponsible.”

 

The head of the Consell has pointed out in his speech the leadership of the Valencian Community in tourism forecasts and has highlighted the 25% increase in foreign tourists in our territory between January and February 2024 compared to the same period of the previous year, when the Spanish average It stands at 16%. 

 

In this sense, he has pointed out the need to “resolve now” the expansions of the airports and has advanced that on May 8 the study of the need for the second runway will be presented at the Alicante fair institution and together with the Chamber of Commerce. of the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández airport “which will prove the need and urgency” of this infrastructure because “every day that passes is a loss of employment, competitiveness and economic impact.”

 

Defense of the tourism industry 

During his speech, Carlos Mazón reiterated the commitment of this Council to the defense of the tourism industry of the Community and praised its “drive, complicity and rigor”, its contribution to the social and economic development of our territory and the joint work carried out. with the sector. 

 

Thus, he has defended tourism as “another industry in our territory in which other different things are manufactured, with the same dignity and quality as the rest of the productive sectors”, while stating that “the Valencian Community does not even want, "You cannot, nor should you, give up any activity." Likewise, he has advocated for “rigor, common sense and balance” with a growth model compatible with sustainability. 

 

Along these lines, he stated that in the Community "we have cured ourselves of the allergy to tourism" and has referred to the change in tourism policies that the Consell has implemented "with work and ambition, with guarantees and legal security", as well as to the integration of environmental, socioeconomic and territorial sustainability criteria in our tourism offer. 

 

Likewise, he stressed that the elimination of the tourist tax by this Consell “was not just a regulatory action or tax measure” but “a declaration of intentions in which tourism went from resignation to ambition.” 

 

Likewise, he has pointed out that at international fairs in the sector "the Consell no longer goes to promote it with small mouths because we believe we are the model and we are never going to put it under surveillance."