“Together we will bring forward that minimum of flexibility that is necessary for seaside mayors”
“Seaside cities have specific needs but also great responsibilities”. The Minister of Tourism Massimo Garavaglia, who spoke for the first time at the G20 Beaches, underlines the important issue of the duty and power to act of the first citizens. The problems of coastal areas mainly concern the so-called “Accordion Effect” which is reflected exponentially in personnel management. «Let’s start from the specificities – the minister dialogues with the first citizens present -. It is clear that something needs to be done and together we will bring forward that minimum of flexibility that is necessary. This flexibility is essential for providing quality services. We have an enormous heritage in our country and it is our duty to do so ». Thus concluded, in the best possible way, the work of the G20 of the Italian beaches, the Summit that welcomes the representatives of the seaside destinations of the G20s network, the most visited in Italy with at least 1 million annual tourist presences. An annual meeting event for the Mayors of the G20s Network who, this year, decided to open their doors also to the representatives of the other Italian seaside towns. The two days of work opened all the two important days as themes of Transition, on innovation, on Safety and the Economy in which all the public speakers of Tourism and representatives of trade associations, as well as trade unions followed one another. linked to the seaside tourism industry. The final day of today, April 6, therefore hosted the annual national conference, moderated by Sebastiano Barisoni, Deputy Director of Radio 24, which saw the intervention of the Minister of Tourism Massimo Garavaglia as leader. “It is our task, how to act as a seaside city, to give an opportunity and create the best possible conditions, starting from the urban decor, from always being at the forefront by positioning the image of the city brand at the top, the entrepreneur can decline their product in the best way – comments the mayor of Riccione, Renata Tosi, at the end of the works -. In Riccione there are more realities that network, an example are the clubs like the bike hotels, specialized in products for cyclists. The Riccione sports hotel consortium which groups over 100 hotels, all represent the care for the product they offer and the care for the customers. This significance will also shape the tourism market in a positive way. For 2022, the prospects for summer are positive also to see the numbers and from the beginning of the season that after two years, it will finally be Easter. The next step for seaside cities today is therefore to see recognized particularities that are economic contributions and future prospects, as Minister Garavaglia said, for all of Italy.After these two days of Summit, the richness of the meeting remains, the wealth of comparison and a draft law that the lawyer. Bruno Barel has placed us on the discussion table that will create immediate meetings between the Mayors in order to truly outline the inputs to be shared with the X Commission. It was the first time that the Minister was present with us at the network and gave a sign of great practicality and closeness to being Mayor and to being together the most beautiful product in the world, that is our tourism ». Great satisfaction for the results of the 5th edition of the Summit was expressed by the coordinator of the network Roberta Nesto, mayor of Cavallino-Treporti. «The recognition of the status of a seaside city is an important issue and the Minister gave a great opening to the question. The positive result of this Summit is precisely this, and it is a great theme because we want to dare to respond to our citizens and our guests and we can do it thanks to the recognition of this status, which will allow us to dare to offer services and responses to our territories. It is now a question of having adequate tools ». The final moment of the summit was the handover between the mayor of Riccione Renata Tosi and the deputy mayor of the municipality of Arzachena, on the Costa Smeralda, Cristina Usai. «The summit has always given great opportunities for comparison to the seaside towns – comments Usai -. We expect the arrival of a useful result for the recognition of the status of seaside towns because we need these resources. It will be an honor for us to host the summit in a year’s time. We are happy and proud of it ».
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