At the time of speaking, the Governor thanked the presence of the Secretary of Tourism, Environment and Sports of the Nation, Daniel Scioli, who “is always available beyond his role” and commented that “when the fires occurred in the province, “He took a plane and in 48 hours he was here with solutions, not doing catharsis or looking for blame, but to solve people’s problems and improve their quality of life.” Likewise, Torres celebrated the imprint that Minister Lapenna makes on the Chubut tourism agenda: “I am sure that he is going to leave a mark etched in the province.”
On the other hand, the head of the Chubut executive stressed the importance of being a province with greater competitiveness by expressing that “only with the announcement of the Law for the Promotion of Tourist Investments that allows for 15 years to be exempt from all taxes, they are already “Five top-of-the-line hotels that want to settle in the province: in the Cordillera, in Comodoro, Rada Tilly and Puerto Madryn.”
AIRPORTS
In another part of his speech, the provincial leader announced that “in a few weeks we are going to inaugurate the airport in Madryn, a strategic plaza; And after many years of being stopped, the Esquel airport is also going to be reactivated, offering connectivity to the region, with impressive potential.
In this sense, Torres highlighted that “at a time of so much uncertainty and rift it is necessary to put a medium and long-term State policy over any difference, a real development agenda where we are not systematically discussing the importance of this industry that so much “It gives to Argentina and it gives so much to us as a province and as a Patagonian region.”
PATAGONIAN ADVANTAGE
In relation to the “Patagonia” brand, Torres assured that “it is a tremendous intangible, we have a tremendous comparative advantage worldwide, so I am glad that we can agree to lower the costs of the waterway and ports, it is a kick for grow and add value to this very important segment”, while highlighting the link with the Patagonian provinces “not for a purely political issue but to outline a development agenda where tourism is a fundamental part of our gross geographic product.”
“We must defend the idea of a federal Argentina, without pettiness and that promotes competitiveness in the tourism sector,” said the Governor.
TOURIST PROMOTION
In dialogue with the press, Torres highlighted the Law for the Promotion of Tourist Investments and anticipated that “there are five top-of-the-line hotels that want to settle in the province,” while announcing that they will agree with the mayor of Puerto Madryn, Gustavo Sastre, the city’s adherence to said regulations. «We are going to talk to Sastre to join the Deliberative Council, and he is going to put Puerto Madryn in a more interesting place to invest. We are convinced that it will be a very good season and that there will be international tourism. There is a hotel for Madryn, we must analyze the issue of land and ensure that it adheres to the Law,” he said.
PLAYS
On the other hand, Torres said that “there are fundamental works to push, there was a commitment from the Nation to finish or reactivate those that have a certain degree of execution, and we are also going to see others that were not started, as happened in Comodoro Rivadavia; “The works that were not done were canceled, and there is a responsibility of the companies.” To this, he added that “whatever we can do from the province in a joint scheme, we are going to do.”
Regarding the latter, the Governor acknowledged that “the one that worries us the most is the Trelew-Puerto Madryn double track; Next week we are going to go to Buenos Aires with the mayors of Trelew and Madryn and then return with the signed agreement; It is closing a chapter of more than 18 years, and finishing it with its own resources. It will be a fundamental milestone for the province and the region. “We want it to be completed next year.” The funds for the completion of the work “are thanks to the financial engineering that we were able to do, ‘rolling’ part of the debt that the previous (provincial) Government took on, and complying with the two Bocade installments.”
