2023-10-18 20:22:35
The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports of the Community of Madrid, Mariano de Pacoconfident of achieving the 14 million tourists in the community during 2023 if the trend that has left, between January and August, five million visitors in the region continues.
This was stated in statements on the ‘Cadena Ser’ program ‘La Ventana de Madrid’, where De Paco It has also been congratulated by the number of international tourists in the month of August.
Furthermore, the counselor has praised the 6.2 billion euros of tourist spending in that same period and that, at the end of the year, it could reach 15 billion. “The data are encouraging and we have to continue working on them to make it that way,” she emphasized.
Mariano de Paco has also opted for Madrid “not to lose its idiosyncrasy” with the arrival of tourists and has advocated for a responsable tourism” with the “social ecosystem” of the Community, something his department works on, he has defended.
Regarding the possibility that Madrid will soon host a Formula 1 Grand Prix, De Paco is confident that the negotiations can “come to a good conclusion” and that it will happen “as soon as possible”, although without specifying deadlines. “The good news is that the negotiations are underway, what we want is for F1 to be able to develop, because without a doubt it would affect what we are defending,” he added.
Balance of Hispanicity
On the other hand, the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports has assured that the Hispanidad 2023 has gone “wonderfully well” and has already become an event “strongly consolidated and solidified throughout the region.”
After expressing his satisfaction with the results of these activities, has defended the importance of the star concert of this festival, the one starring Carlos Vives in the Puerta de Alcalá on October 14, facing criticism for its cost.
Thus, Mariano de Paco recalled the 100,000 people gathered to attend the concert in which, he recalled, not only the Colombian artist performed, but he was accompanied by eight other “top-of-the-line” singers such as Ana Mena, Juanes, Rozalén, Carlos Baute, Diego Torres, Niña Pastori, Prince Royce and Ryan Castro.
Precisely, the general director of Cultural Promotion, Gonzalo Cabrera Martín, recalled this Monday in the Madrid Assembly the Estimated impact of around 350 million euros from the activities included in Hispanidad 2023, with more than 560,000 attendees.
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Regarding the specific show of the Colombian artist, Cabrera Martín has recalled the “tremendously complex” infrastructure of a show put together “from scratch” that, being free and outdoors, “greatly conditions his upcoming performances”, as it “limits” them. , since the promoters “cannot organize another one in a short period of time”, since “no one wants to pay” for a show with another free access show so close in time, which causes the cost of the concert to increase, he explained .
Precisely this Wednesday, the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Local Administration, Miguel Ángel García, justified in the press conference after the Government Council the money invested by the Government of the Community in the Vives concert during Hispanidad 2023 847.000 euros according to the information published by ‘El Plural’ – for the 100,000 attendees who attended and the economic return that the event has left in the region.
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