The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, met today with President of the Professional Association of Innkeepers of Lorca and vice president of the Regional Confederation of Organizations of Lorca (Ceclor), Juan Carlos Ayala.
After knowing the damage due to earthquakes in tourism infrastructure, Cross announced a plan of emergency measures involving the distribution of 200,000 euros in aid from 20 percent of the 300 catering establishments Lorca, which was damaged by the earthquake .
This assistance will be dealt with urgently by Friday, "so that the largest number of facilities can resume their work as soon as possible, and therefore, in the shortest time possible Lorca's tourist industry is fully operational and to restore normalcy. "
Same goes to work in other funding to enable the full rehabilitation of those companies that need more help, "said the adviser, such as the case of local hotels.
Similarly, the Minister announced that "we are working in the medium and long term promotion and communication issues that are culturally attached to direct the offers we have on cultural agents in the region and outside of Spain who want to contribute their grain of sand Lorca in solidarity. "
In this regard, he added that "we want to give all these offers strategic formats that can best come to Lorca, to raise money primarily, but also to the regeneration and recovery of the tourism sector. We are also devising a plan to make the process of rehabilitation of the Lorca in a communication strategy and promotion of that heritage, to raise awareness of its importance to the Spanish people, "he said.
Source: CARM