Commitments In Alicante this Friday he demanded from Consell a plan to adapt to climate change for tourism and to rethink all infrastructures that pose an environmental hazard for the Valencian region. “The aim of Mazón’s tourism policy cannot be unlimited growth. Promoting our tourism within this framework is dangerous for the sustainability of the sector, our economy and our nature. The most important challenge facing the sector is adaptation to climate change. We need a tourism policy that respects our land and people. “At this point, tourism is not sustainable as Consell proposes,” the Cortes spokesman said. Aitana Mas.
Mas and his deputy for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Maria José Calabuig, expressed the coalition’s concerns on the issue. Tourism policy proposed by Consell de Mazón: “We want those who come to visit us to enjoy our beaches and mountains, not to see them die. Tourism, yes; but not just anyone. It is the tourists themselves who do not want to travel to unsustainable areas. Drought will be permanent. “How will we explain the water restriction to tourists?”
cross plan
Mas explained Comprom’s proposal to develop a crossover plan. sector adaptation“In the midst of the climate emergency,” he goes about designing three pillars of cross-strategic action. The first, referring to urban planning, aims to implement a sustainable urban design adapted to a region with atmospheric conditions and where tropical nights in summer are already the norm. “We want more parks and shade, less asphalt, and we want to prepare drought plans in small municipalities, establish alternative energy sources, innovate on water issues, control illegal construction and monitor the proliferation of buildings bought by investment funds,” he said. Rather, they are examples of policies aimed at reducing the negative effects of tourism.
The second leg of the plan regarding the sector states the following: eco-friendly hotel designs and apartment buildings, as well as the development of energy saving strategies, among others. Mas advocated the rollback of the tourism tax promoted by the Consell del Botánic as a means of financing climate adaptation strategies.
“Visitors looking for a destination that respects the environment and cities do not have problems with payment, as in many places. Failure to implement this by Mazón is a failure for the Valencians. Europe’s policies. Mazón adhered to the discourse of the Zaplanist governments from the 90s of the last century and does not want to develop. Eventually the rate issue will come under its own weight and become a reality here, as in many other European cities and towns,” Mas thought.
The third leg of the plan points to an increase public transport and collective. Deputy Calabuig stated: “Consell wrongly says he cares about tourism, but in reality all he is interested in is doing business and planning the infrastructure of the Valencian Community to suit the market, without taking into account the problems. due to “poor infrastructure planning or environmental damage”.
port projects
Calabuig condemned the infrastructure and gave as examples the expansions and port projects of Valencia and Alicante, the two most populous cities of Valencia, that endanger the beaches in the south of Valencia or the beaches in the south of Valencia. Alicante neighborhoods The part facing the sea, where neighborhood associations fought against the installation of macro fuel tanks.
“There is no urgency to expand either and AENA accepts this. Calabuig asked: “Why does the Council insist on talking about both Manises and the second runway at Elche-Alicante airport?” said. 2019 Generalitat reports They talk about urban and natural conditions in the municipal areas of both Elche and Alicante or Santa Pola. “We don’t need a second runway, we need more trains, more public transport and, in the case of Elche and Alicante, rail connections with the main cities, not only for tourists but also for workers. Now we need to plan what is necessary,” Calabuig stated. In this sense, the Banyeres representative requested Consell to stop all projects that do not have a strategic environmental vision that respects the region, “because ultimately this will harm not only tourism, but also our interests. “things we have as a society.”