Tarragona promotes the 10th edition of the Costa Dorada Corner Agreement

Tarragona. Costa Daurada.. January 19, 2013. The Tourist Board of the Province of Tarragona and representatives of twelve municipalities, the Cistercian Route and the PortAventura theme park has defended the agreement governing the joint and coordinated national fairs in these organizations, national and international. The agreement known as the corner in its 10th year, provides for participation in international fairs and promotions, state and national campaigns and the promotion and communication activities and joint marketing. Specifically, the agreement states attending the fair ITB Berlin; Mahana Toulouse; Vakantiebeurs, of Utrecht, and WTM in London. Regarding the national and state fairs, will participate in the International Tourism Fair of Catalonia, Barcelona, ​​FITUR in Madrid and Navartur in Pamplona, ​​Vitoria and develop promotions. The agreement also provides other promotional corner of Catalonia, the state and abroad, such as advertising campaigns on radio, passenger gates, comàrqueting campaigns with travel agents or travel bloggers. The agreement was signed by the President of the Council of Tarragona, Josep Poblet, the Councillor for Tourism Calafell, Olga Elvira, the Councillor for Tourism Cambrils, Xavier Martin, the Councillor for Tourism Montblanc, Ariadna Ferrer Councillor Tourism Mont-Roig del Camp Chamizo Francisco, the CEO of Aventura, Fernando Aldecoa, president of the City Promotion Agency (Reus Promotion), the Councillor for Tourism of the City of Roda de Bara, Isabel Mondéjar, acting president of the Regional Council of Conca de Barbera, Joseph M. Amill, representing the Cistercian Route, President of Tourism in Salou, Presas Benedict, president of the Tourism Council of Tarragona, Patricia Anton, the Councillor for Tourism Torredembarra Ignacio Duran, the Councillor for Tourism Vandellòs Hospitalet de l'Infant, Alex viburnum, the mayor of El Vendrell, Benet Jane, and president of the Tourism Council of Vilaseca-La Pineda beach, Xavier Graset. The signing was held at the joint plenary hall of the Provincial Council and has attended also the manager of the Provincial Tourism Board, Octavi Bono. During the event, the manager of the Tourism Council of Tarragona Province, Octavio Bono, stressed "the value of this agreement and the ability to renew it every year," the result of "the ability of understanding and the trust we have. " In this regard, the President of the Council of Tarragona, Josep Poblet, stressed the importance of "joining efforts and resources on the promotion of tourism in the region," which has a "very good results" over the past 10 years . "The collaboration makes us stronger and helps us advance strategy shared with specific criteria," said Poblet. Meanwhile, the chairman of the council of Tarragona stressed that "the tourism sector is not in crisis," and therefore "is a pillar of our economy." In particular, tourism is one of the most important weights in the service sector, which represents about 70% of the economy of the Gold Coast and Terres de l'Ebre. In this regard, he referred to the nearly 19 million overnight stays have been recorded in the area, and the number of 5 million visitors in 2012. Finally, Poblet thanked the trust and different local companies have placed PortAventura, a year in Tarragona Province, an institution that promotes and coordinates this pioneering reference in Catalonia 

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