SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, July 30 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The plenary session of the Cabildo de La Gomera has given its approval this Friday to a motion to urge the Government of the Canary Islands to designate the island as the future headquarters of the European Tourism Agency.
The president of the Cabildo, Casimiro Curbelo, highlighted, after finishing the session, that the Archipelago already has the support of the Government of Spain to host this headquarters on the islands, in addition to the unanimous agreement received at the Conference of Outermost Regions.
“We are in a position to offer La Gomera as the regional headquarters of the European Tourism Agency and from here promote a sustainable tourism model that can be extended to the entire European territory,” he stated.
Likewise, he highlighted the recovery of the tourism sector on the island, which presents positive occupancy figures, with indicators higher than those recorded before the pandemic, positioning international tourism as the first issuing market and reinforcing the presence of national tourism as new niche.
“The island has managed to consolidate itself as a preferred destination for vacations, conserving the natural, gastronomic and cultural values as the main tourist attractions of a territory that has sustainability as the basis of its development,” he said.
Casimiro Curbelo has also emphasized La Gomera’s commitment to implement goods and services in the tourism offer that make it one of the best ecotourism destinations in the country.
To this is added the proportion of the island territory in terms of population, inter-island connections by sea and road, direct communications with other islands by air and sea, its historical cargo -especially linked to America- and its traditions.
In addition, La Gomera has been a Biosphere Reserve since 2012, and is home to two World Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO: the Garajonay National Park and the Silbo Gomero. Likewise, it has the recognition of a responsible destination for the observation of cetaceans, considered a Whale Heritage Site by the World Cetacean Alliance.
Casimiro Curbelo stressed that all of this represents a series of incentives to offer Europe and the world, through the Agency, an image of the Canary Islands far removed from overcrowding and the standard supports of conventional tourism, whose main argument is to also give the opportunity to one of the Green Islands of the Archipelago to offer from the Canary Islands the positive and constructive vision that a unique tourism due to its characteristics is possible. for Europe.
