More than sixty people participating in the conference taking place in the surroundings of the Shrine of the Holy
The "I Jorand on Hunting, Tourism and Food" lay the groundwork for future action that may be carried out for the Regional Park of Sierra Espuña refuses to become a hunting resort.
This has been made public the general director of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity, Pablo Fernandez, the director general of Tourism, Marina Garcia, and Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, who opened this morning at the Monasterio de Santa Eulalia de Totana) this conference organized jointly by the Commonwealth of Espuña Tourism Services and the Ministry of Agriculture and Water.
More than 60 people, arrived in Totana from the Region of Murcia and other places in Spain, participating in this forum which consider strategies to promote hunting tourism, as there is in the National Park Game Reserve, home among other species, the Barbary sheep or mouflon Atlas, which is a cherished prize among hunting enthusiasts.
Commonwealth President and Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, thanked the mayors who make up the body (Bid, Mula, Hamlet, Alhama and Totana), and present at the event, thanks to the joint strategy is being achieved attract tourists to the park and help preserve the Spot.
Thus, Martínez Andreo has indicated that the conclusions of the conference is to emphasize the economic benefits can be obtained through proper structuring of this type of tourism, taking into account the principles of sustainability, can provide the local economies. "
For its part, the director general of tourism infrastructure, Marina Garcia, recalled that the Autonomous Community and the Commonwealth Tourism Espuña currently studying possible ways of articulating the hunting activity so that it can be a tourist resort offering new opportunities for socioeconomic development in rural areas of this environment.
Also, the director general of Natural Heritage has stated that the game brings many benefits at all levels, since this movement sees a lot of productive sectors that generate 8,000 million euros per year and the Nature Reserve is very important because there are species that the only way to control them is through hunting.
Speakers at the conference include Alejo Pastor, author of the first book published on the Barbary sheep, technicians from the Directorate General of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity, representatives of the University of Extremadura, Regional Reserve Gredos Hunting and Commonwealth Tourism Services Espuña.
Those attending the conference will also assess the quality of game meat itself Espuña Reserve, which will be prepared by skilled chefs.
