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(16/06/2017)

The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, together with the Councilor for Tourism of the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, announced that Lorca, a founding member of the newly formed "Spanish Network of Destinations EDEN", ​​will hold his presidency until 2019, In permanent headquarters.

EDEN (European Destinations of ExcelleNce) is a project that promotes models of sustainable tourism management in the European Union and serves as a network of exchanges of good practices between different regions of Europe.

It has the support of the European Commission, which launched the initiative in 2006.

"Lorca, represented by Lorcatur, has attended the meetings convened by the European network and, in the framework of Spain, since last FITUR 2017 has been working, in collaboration with the Secretary of State for Tourism Through the Area of ​​Relations with the European Union, in the creation of an association that would bring together the Spanish Network of Destinations EDEN Finally, on Monday, June 12, 2017, the aforementioned Association was formally constituted at the meeting held at the headquarters of The Secretary of State, "explained the First Edil.

"The agreement we have reached is the creation of an association of EDEN destinations with the aim of making known in Spain and in the International Markets the Spanish destinations awarded the distinctive EDEN (European Destinations of Excellence) and work together to reinforce the management Sustainable tourism in these destinations and their promotion, using as many actions, promotions and publications as they deem appropriate to publicize EDEN destinations jointly and individually, streamlining and fostering cooperation among partners through the exchange of information, experiences, ideas And studies or publications related to tourism and the sustainable management of destinations ".

This association, which may have access to all those destinations that have been winners or is among the 4 finalists of the different editions, has other destinations as founding members: Goierri Turismoa (Goierri Region, Pais Vasco), in which it has fallen The secretariat-treasury;

Conil (Cádiz), which holds the Vice Presidency;

Project Salzone (Association INVINARTE) of Ceuta and, finally, the Valles Pasiegos (Cantabria), both acting as members of the association.

The Mayor of Lorca said that "as it appears in Article 3 of the statutes of the Association, approved by the Plenum of the City of Lorca at its session on 29 May, were ratified and signed the Act of Constitution, in Madrid, on 12 June, the objectives of this Association aim to make known in Spain and in the International Markets the Spanish destinations awarded with the distinctive EDEN (European Destinations of Excellence) and work together to reinforce sustainable tourism management in These destinations ".

Fulgencio Gil has informed that "in the short term, the actions to be carried out, in addition to the procedures for their registration, will be a training day in November 2017 aimed at developing the action plan to be carried out by the Association, the Hand of the member destinations, starting from its General Assembly and its presentation, within the framework of FITUR 2018, in the hand of the Secretary of State for Tourism.

The First Edil recalled that "Lorca attended the 5th edition of the EDEN awards of the European Commission in 2011 becoming the first finalist of this call for the effort made in the innovative promotion of sustainable tourism and recovery of heritage, thus achieving integration In the Spanish Network of Destinations EDEN and also in the European. At that time he focused on the "Regeneration of Physical Spaces" and in it participated the Consortium "Lorca Taller del Tiempo" presenting the memory that explained the actions carried out in the Castle for To turn it into "The Fortress of the Sun", and all this as a sustainable product based on the rehabilitation and enhancement of the Castle of Lorca, and as a catalyst for the positioning of Lorca Taller del Tiempo as a cultural tourist destination of reference.

"Every year, every winning destination and up to 4 finalists join the EDEN Network." This network aims to promote different destinations and form a coordinated organization for the exchange of good practices between competitive regions. A brand that can begin to consolidate in the national and European market. "

The EDEN project is based on national competitions during which a tourist "destination of excellence" is chosen by each participating country.

This careful selection of destinations makes it possible to highlight the values, diversity and common characteristics of European tourist destinations, one of the main objectives of the EDEN project.

It is developed around a different theme each year, which is chosen by the Commission together with the corresponding national tourism institutions.

Since 2012 the initiative is biannual, interspersing standard editions and variable themes with campaigns of reflection and recognition that reinforce it.

This initiative also helps to strengthen the visibility of new or emerging European destinations, encourages the creation of contact networks between the award-winning destinations and has inspired the creation of a platform to share best practices in Europe.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

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