2011 IS THE YEAR OF TRANSFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL TOURISM

Portoviejo, Manabi .- The year 2011 will be a transformation in the national tourist track, so that in the early months of the year will start with the signaling of the main tourist routes including the route linking Spondylus all cantons coastal profile of the country, announced Minister of Tourism of Ecuador, Freddy Ehlers Zurita, who served a broad agenda in the province of Manabi, during the holiday.
The Secretary of State also said that since and progress in the promotion that Ecuador will in 2011 and for this, the MINTUR prepares an agenda for participation in major tourism fairs and open markets, to increase the number of foreign visitors, while work will continue to encourage domestic tourism, which made very good results through the dissemination of the calendar of national holidays that encourages the Secretary of State.
The course, held during the year-end holiday provided by the Executive and its development Ehlers Minister was accompanied by the Provincial Director Mr. Pedro Ponce Tourism in Manabi, to visit the main beaches and coastal counties of Manabi, from Pedernales north to Puerto López in the south and in this way, in the city of Manta, a meeting was met with representatives of the tourism industry of the province and especially in this county.
Participated in this dialogue the representatives of the Municipality of Manta, chaired by Mr. Jaime Estrada Bonilla Mayor of Canton and Mrs. Maria Eugenia Abeiga Municipal Director of Tourism, together with Atty. Celia Higueras President of the Tourism Chapter Manta, Mireya Eng Chamba Head of Tourism Department of the Provincial Council of Manabi, Architect Jaime Ulloa, president of the Association of Bars and clubs on the Avenida Flavio Reyes, as well as tourism entrepreneurs Manta and hotel.
Mr. Jaime Estrada Bonilla Manta Mayor welcomed the Minister Ehlers, who repeated throughout the opening for this ministry and decentralized local governments that already have expertise in the tourism sector join efforts to strengthen their destinations domestic tourism market and receptive of the country.
Convert to Ecuador in the Capital of Tourism in Latin America It seeks to turn Ecuador into the Capital of Tourism in Latin America emphasized the Minister Freddy Ehlers, noting the importance of tourism as a source of development, for which the national budget will receive $ 30 million that will boost the number of visits to Ecuador, the same as in 2010 closed with more than 1,044,000 tourists and this is seen as a major destination Manta country whose products such as cruises, sun and beach tourism, conventions and incentives Congress, are predominant factors further development on the Ecuadorian coast, with the aim of promoting conscientious tourism framed within sustainable tourism.
In the framework of meetings and discussions he held the Minister Freddy Ehlers, discussed the option of the Manta airport becomes an Intercontinental terminal to cater for the tourist market countries of Asia, an initiative that already has the interest investment from other countries, including Singapore, which anticipates meetings with national and local authorities, highlighting the significant investments made during 2010 in the infrastructure of tourism and hotel sector in the county.
Another major issue discussed during the meeting of Manta was the decentralization of Tourism, for which highlighted the support and technical assistance provided by the Ministry of Tourism to all decentralized Municipality during 2011, and also addressed the issue of Tourist Security, proposed by Mr. Mireya Chamba who on behalf of the Department of Provincial Tourism Council, invited to work together with the Provincial Department of Manabi to achieve better results in security issues and promote the province, an initiative that deserved the support of all officers, delegates and representatives of the tourism sector who attended the dialogue with the Minister of Tourism, Freddy Ehlers.