The transfer of positions from Ciudadanos to the PP ranks has been continuous in recent months and it seems that the dynamics continue in the middle of the election campaign. at least This is what emerged from the tourism action this Wednesday by the PP’s Alicante mayor and re-election candidate, Luis Barcala, attended by two advisors from the orange formation.. They are Miguel Ángel Sánchez and Pablo Rodríguez, working for Mari Carmen Sánchez, the deputy mayor and city spokesperson of Ciudadanos, who, even worse, retains full tourism powers in the capital’s city hall.
The action, which took place at the Pynchon&Co bookstore, served to present PP’s program for this sector for the upcoming period at an appointment and also to collect bids. Okay then, Although it was an action framed within the framework of the people’s pre-election campaign, both Ciudadanos advisers were present at the meeting..
Miguel Ángel Sánchez is chief of staff especially for Mari Carmen Sánchez and until recently coordinator of liberals in Alicantea position that the party resigned from in the context of internal conflicts registered at the national and provincial level. Pablo Rodríguez, among other things, bring social networks to the deputy mayor himself.
This fact comes to light after the recording of a somewhat abnormal situation this week that has exposed internal tensions within the municipal government. In particular, he was at a meeting last Monday between the local government and the tourism industry itself to try to come to an agreement on the work on the Mártires de la Libertad, the road parallel to the Esplanade. City Planning Councilor Adrián Santos Pérez from Ciudadanos was not invited to appoint, confirming that the calendar of this action, which provoked both hoteliers and hoteliers, was imposed by the PP partners.
Integration
Regarding the content of this Wednesday’s meeting, Barcala, trade and cruise tourism representatives will join the Alicante City & Beach Tourist Board Board of Directorsto be a partner in the decisions regarding the tourism of the city, thus responding to one of the demands of the sector.
He emphasized this. the budget of this board increased from 2.24 million in 2018 to 7.78 million in 2023“It demonstrates the importance we place on Alicante and, more importantly, the progress this investment brings to transform Alicante into a sustainable, digital and accessible 21st century destination,” added Barcala. He also underlined that public-private cooperation, which enables the development of 122 tourism projects, is encouraged. They allocated 245 thousand euros during the tripartite left period, and we increased this to 4.3 million,” he said.
Faced with the future, the popular candidate pointed out that new challenges and opportunities are emerging. He pointed to this: one of the most important will finally be the construction of a new Convention Center.In his words, it will enable us to “not only have a touristic and architectural landmark for the city, but also make a qualitative and quantitative leap in MICE tourism for conventions, meetings, business trips and so-called incentives ». To do this, “which allows us to attract large conventions” “We will prepare ahead of time to have a new Congressional Bureau structure,” he stressed.
Finally, Barcala conveyed his intention to create the “Alicante Loves Music” space to host major concerts and festivals.
A blocked request that now sees the light
The inclusion of trade and cruise tourism representatives on the Alicante City & Beach Tourism Board’s Executive Board is a demand that both parties have blocked during this period, despite the demand of all opposition. But Barcala endorsed him in the middle of the election campaign, as he announced at yesterday’s event.