The Council of Ministers today approved an investment of 13,827,406 euros for destinations on the Caminos de Santiago de Asturias. This investment is part of component 14 of the Tourism Sector Modernization and Competitiveness Plan financed with Next Generation-EU funds included in the 2021 Budgets of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism and aimed at modernizing and improving the competitiveness of the tourism sector.
“The Camino de Santiago is one of our most international tourist experiences. In the celebration of the Xacobeo Year, the Government has designed a specific strategy to promote the different routes of the Camino as it passes through Spain. Asturias is one of the Autonomous Communities that has benefited the most from this plan and whose investments have been made today by the Council of Ministers ”, the minister has valued Reyes Maroto.
“Thanks to these actions, we will fine-tune and preserve for the future the historical heritage located in the Asturian sections of the Camino, which will strengthen the potential of Asturias to attract visitors, at a time when cultural tourism is a motivation to travel in boom, with a growth of 15.9% between 2016 and 2019 ”, added the head of the department.
The Council of Ministers today approved an investment of 13,827,406 euros for destinations on the Caminos de Santiago de Asturias. This investment is part of component 14 of the Tourism Sector Modernization and Competitiveness Plan financed with Next Generation-EU funds included in the 2021 Budgets of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism and aimed at modernizing and improving the competitiveness of the tourism sector.
“The Camino de Santiago is one of our most international tourist experiences. In the celebration of the Xacobeo Year, the Government has designed a specific strategy to promote the different routes of the Camino as it passes through Spain. Asturias is one of the Autonomous Communities that has most benefited from this plan and whose investments have been made today by the Council of Ministers ”, Minister Reyes Maroto has valued.
“Thanks to these actions, we will fine-tune and preserve for the future the historical heritage located in the Asturian sections of the Camino, which will strengthen the potential of Asturias to attract visitors, at a time when cultural tourism is a motivation to travel in boom, with a growth of 15.9% between 2016 and 2019 ”, added the head of the department.
The Government will transfer these 13.8 million euros to the Executive of the Principality and beneficiary local entities, via two royal decrees of direct granting of subsidies that the Council of Ministers approved today.
Heritage rehabilitation
Of the global amount, Asturias will receive 5.8 million euros to be allocated to the maintenance or rehabilitation of assets of cultural interest of public ownership for tourist use, where appropriate to the expansion of the Museum of Fine Arts in Oviedo.
The Principality will receive another 5.3 million euros to improve and promote the Jacobean route by promoting the plans called ‘A Camino de Santiago’ accessible, more sustainable, energy efficient, connected and excellent.
Additionally, the following local entities will receive funding to promote transformative actions that improve the sustainability, digitization and competitiveness of their destinations and that, in at least 25%, will be related to the Camino de Santiago:
Tapia de Casariego City Council: 1,642,500 euros
Salas City Council (Asturias): 1,000,000 euros
The type of actions that may be financed should be aimed at improving sustainable mobility (exits and entrances in cities, itineraries through their most attractive areas, treatment of areas of the Way subject to high traffic, crossroads and highways); the signage and accessibility of the Camino segment (always following its style book); the rehabilitation or enhancement of its cultural assets, the beautification of the historic centers, and sustainable rehabilitation, among others.
