In the coming years, the government of Aragon aims to transform the autonomous community into a reference for sustainable tourismThis is what the Minister of Tourism and Environment Manuel Blascowho defends the relevance of the department created a year ago by the Aragonese president, Jorge Azcón. Blasco defended that the binomial “tourism” and “environment” are inseparable. At the same time, he warned that we must flee from growth “tourism“, At breakfast The time of Aragon: an X-ray of the present and future of the autonomous community.
“In Aragon, tourism and the environment will go hand in hand,” said the councilor, who has been very critical of the current new opposite to the development of tourism in our country. “I was completely fleeing Term tourismphobia“Tourism must be refused,” he said, “if there are municipalities that are collapsed, concrete measures must be taken.”
“Tourism must respect the environment, and the environment is a fundamental attraction for tourism,” he reflected in said meeting led by the deputy director of Okdiario, Luis Balcarcewhere the Vice President and Advisor to the Presidency, Justice and Economy also participated, Sea Cowboyand the Minister of Development, Housing, Logistics and Territorial Cohesion, Octavio Lopez.
In this sense, he defended tourism as an engine of economic growth, in line with the position of this sector in Spain: “Tourism is the industry that creates the most employment in Spain, and the first,How we can throw stones on our own roof? Can anyone imagine a German criticizing the automobile sector? “Aragon does not have overpopulation problems,” he said.
Pyrenees Plan: tourism in Aragon
To give a new boost to tourism in the community, the executive of Jorge Azcón has proposed An ambitious project lasting eight yearsfrom which to transform the Pyrenees into something more than a snow destination.
The project known as Plan Pirineos covers the four regions of Huesca since, according to Blasco, “they have the right to desassizalize tourism.” “Nobody invests millions of euros in a hotel, in a restaurant, in ski slopes, when it snows for a month and a half or two,” he argued, highlighting the Ordesa Natural Park, located in the Huesca region of Sarrarbe, “It is one of the jewels of nature in all of Spain.”
To this end, this autonomous community has proposed a investment of 250 million euros Co-financed by the Government of Spain: “We have not received a response, we had to put 50%, but we have already started to move.”
In this regard, Azcón has committed to investing 125 million euros In various projects, three of which have already been launched, such as the Panticosa Slide, the Benasque and Cerler cable car, as well as the Union of stations such as Astún and Candanchú, the councilor pointed out, with the aim that investment in ski areas has repercussions on the rest of the municipalities.
“For example, The Panticosa slideIt’s the same as without snow and without skis. It’s a train that goes down from 1,000 meters high. With this, the aim is also to promote telecommunications between stations and between cities, without having to take the car, so that people can “leave the hotel and go straight to skiing,” he explained.
More sustainable hotel offering
Although, from the Blasco ministry, it has also been proposed to carry out sustainability plans throughout the autonomous community. To this end, the Government of Aragon has promoted 32 plans both in ordinary and extraordinary destinations, which reach the 133 performances“We are going to invest almost a million euros,” he stressed.
The environmental note
In addition, the ministry has committed to streamlining procedures in the environmental classifications of companies, so that this is not a reason for “delay” and “paralysis” of projects: “We have a mandate to rationalize the environmental file companies. “Of all,” he stressed, “the big and the big and the most family-oriented.”
Likewise, he stressed that new companies, such as Stellantis, Microsoft, “They demand that it be renewable energy.“. In this regard, Blasco also defended the decision of some municipalities “that do not want to install wind turbines”. “Sensitivities have changed. Before it is unthinkable not to see the mills, however, some defend the landscape. In this sense, we must reach an agreement with everyone,” he defended.
