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Mazarrón City Council has asked the Regional Government of the protection of the site Erosions Bolnuevo, while carrying out the declaration file of Natural Monument.
It has been handed the Mayor of Mazarrón, Alicia Jimenez, the Minister of Tourism and Economic Development, Juan Hernandez, during his visit to Mazarrón Friday in which he held a meeting with representatives of the hospitality industry.
Juan Hernandez has made Mazarrón as an example of regional tourism growth and data following the general increase in hotel occupancy (84% in July) and unemployment decline with a drop of 6.5%.
Alicia Jimenez has reviewed these data very positively and has stressed "the effort made by the Consistory to offer this summer a large number of activities and events to meet Mazarron tourism and those who are on vacation."
forecasts in August
As reported by the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, according to the forecasts of the Institute of Tourism, hotel occupancy in the Costa Calida in August could reach 95 percent, representing about four percentage points more than in the same month last year.
Specifically, the hotels of La Manga and the Mar Menor forecasts indicate an occupancy between 90 and 95 percent, while in Aguilas and Mazarrón would be between 85 and 90 percent.
Establishments in town would be around 50 percent and 85 percent spas.
"This increase in tourist numbers and revenue in vacation destinations will lead to job creation in other sub-sectors of tourism, such as transport and leisure activities, cultural or sports, making tourism in one of the main drivers of GDP growth in the region, "said Juan Hernandez.
Job creation in the tourism sector has intensified in the first six months of 2016, with a growth of 3.6 percent in hotels and travel agencies.
Thus, "the registered unemployment declined in July in all economic sectors, but was more pronounced in services, with 1,188 fewer unemployed, especially driven by trade and catering, activities closely linked to tourism," said Minister of Tourism.
In this regard, Hernandez maintains that "good data of the tourism industry in the region is living the best summer in recent years, and the arrival of more than 450,000 foreign tourists in the first half have contributed to job creation quality".
In addition, the largest decreases unemployment in the region have occurred in the municipalities of the coast, which include Mazarrón (-6.5 percent), San Pedro del Pinatar (-5.6 percent) and Los Alcázares (-5 , 3 percent).
The Minister said that "the recovery of the labor market is even more intense than the official data reflect, as there are more hours worked and therefore more jobs need to cover."
In this regard, said that "the labor reform create jobs, not precarious, since it comes from fraud in hiring, something that from the regional government are fighting forcefully" and argued that "fighting labor fraud and ensure security and health at work is everyone's responsibility. "
foreign spending
International tourists in the region disbursed in June a total of 139.3 million euros, according Egatur collects statistics National Statistics Institute (INE), which shows that for the whole stay the average expenditure per person it was 1,226.65 euros, a figure higher than the national total which was 1,037.67 euros.
Between January and June 2016, the average length of stay of foreign visitors increased by 18.5 percent and stood at 12.8 days, "well above the national average (7.6 days)."
With these data, "Murcia is the second community with a longer length of stay, behind Asturias (14.3 days)," specified Hernandez.
Regarding the total spending by foreign tourists in the first half of the year increased by 41.2 percent compared to 2015 and reached 455 million euros, representing a historical record in regional tourism for the first six months of the year.
main markets
In the first half of the year there has been a distribution of spending by countries more balanced than in previous years.
Thus, the United Kingdom, which was the largest foreign country issuer tourist spending generated in the region, with 189.5 million euros, accounted for 41.6 percent of the total, compared to 44.1 percent in 2015.
French tourists doubled their spending in the region to 60.2 million euros, placing France as the second source market in terms of expenditure, with a market share which rose from 8.5 percent in 2015 to 13.2 percent.
The Nordic countries, with 36.7 million ranked third, with a weight of 8.1 percent.
The Netherlands was the fourth largest market for the region and represent 7.0 percent of revenues from foreign tourism, opposite to 3.6 percent last year.
They are followed by Germany, Belgium and Ireland.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón
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