Toni Pérez, at the WTM in London, highlights the importance of pioneer destinations in the driving effect of tourism

The second day of the London Tourism fair has maintained the same intensity of meetings as the opening day, opening the agenda for work meetings with planners, online agencies that have continued with technology providers and tour operators, highlighting the meetings with Jet2 Holidays and TUI. Pending this afternoon is to start serving specialized media.
Mayor Toni Pérez has held talks today with the general director of Turespaña, Miguel Sanz, and held a meeting with the mayors who are members of the Alliance of Tourist Municipalities of Sun and Beach, which he presides today displaced to the British capital: Jaume Dulsat (Lloret de Mar), Alfonso Rodríguez (Calviá), Pere Granados (Salou), José Julián Mena (Arona) and José Ortiz (Torremolinos) highlighting the importance of British tourism and the prospects and possibilities of recovery for 2022 through the different initiatives developed by each of them. At the end of it, Pérez highlighted "the importance of pioneer destinations in the driving effect of tourism" and in terms of "the sustainability of destinations as a differential value compared to those who only compete economically" with a leading role in the application of the Tourism Sustainability Plans in Destinations, the mayor of Benidorm pointed out that "the resolution is being awaited, given that they are key in the transformation processes in the future based on the sustainability roadmap".
Regarding the meetings with the tour operators Jet2 and TUI, Toni Pérez has referred that both "have transferred to us the evolution in the short and medium term" of a market that "begins to generate higher degrees of confidence but that are still very far from those of 2019 ”. In this regard, the mayor of Benidorm has pointed out that "constant changes in regulations" continue to weigh on when making the decision to travel and vacations, but expressed "his confidence that as of this Christmas they will recover in a healthy way. accelerated the desire to travel ”, based on the data transmitted in the meetings
Yesterday also held a working session with the British Travel Association, ABTA analyzing the evolution of the sector and market after the abandonment of the traffic light system and the end of restrictions on mobility to destinations. Work was done on the projection for 2022 and progress continued to formalize the celebration of the annual international congress of The Travel Association in Benidorm in 2023.
Benidorm also attended yesterday afternoon the reception traditionally offered by the Spanish Embassy to the main attendees of the London fair. In it, the mayor maintained his line of contacts with the sector, as well as in a private interview with Ambassador Marco to address the situation of tourism as well as the British in the province and in the city of Benidorm, accompanying the president of the deputation Carlos Mazón.
Tomorrow Wednesday this edition of the World Travel Market closes in which the Benidorm City Council, through VisitBenidorm, has working sessions programs with tour operators and promoters of digital strategies applied to tourism, as well as with two important communication media - TTG Media and Travel Bulletin- which will complement today's contacts with Globetrotter TV and Gay Radio