Friday, January 9, 2015

Cascais invests 6 to 8 million euros in events this year – publico

Cascais invests 6 to 8 million euros in events this year – publico

                 


                         
                     

                 

 
                         

The Board of Cascais will invest between 6 and 8 million, funds from revenue the game of Turismo de Portugal, to promote more than two dozen events in 2015. Compared to 2014, the budget for these initiatives had a ‘residual reduction “of about 800 thousand euros, according to the vice president of the municipality, Miguel Pinto Light.

                     


                         The municipal agenda, presented this Friday to journalists, are part conferences, festivals and sporting events, some to debut in the county. For the mayor, Carlos Careers, initiatives aimed at “attracting talent and creativity” to Cascais and represent an “opportunity to address the lack of employment” spot.

“The results we have been achieving in hospitality and tourism show that we have managed to fulfill the plan ‘do more, better and with less’, “said the mayor. According to the data presented, the local hospitality registers more than 1.1 million annual overnight stays, corresponding to a direct return in excess of EUR 100 million and indirect of about 300 million.

Cascais is the continental destination with the highest number of overnight stays with foreign guests, resulting in part of the various international events that the camera organizes in partnership with private developers. These are part of the investment and the local authority enters with the rest financed with gaming revenue that has declined in recent years – rising from 20 million to 6 million – much the fault of “scratch,” says vice president . the camera, Miguel Pinto Light

This year, the chamber has scheduled five meetings, two of them organized by the magazine The Economist : The Lisbon Summit (24 February), which will discuss the political future of Portugal and World Ocean Summit (3-15 June), to discuss strategies for Mar. From 8 to 11 April follows the World Food Summit and Expo Travel, an international forum on food, which held for the first time in Portugal. The Estoril Conferences are scheduled for 19-22 May and the first Global China Business Meeting, which will bring together Chinese entrepreneurs, will take place on 22 and 23 October.

In the area of ​​culture, debuts the International Festival of Artistic Creation, 3-12 July in partnership with the Leya group, to promote Portuguese-speaking authors. Another novelty is the creation of the Symphony Orchestra of Cascais, which will produce four concerts.

Cascais also receives this year the tenth edition of the World Press Cartoon. The Museum Quarter was another initiative created by the camera, integrating the programming spaces like the Centro Cultural de Cascais, the House of Stories Paula Rego and the Sea Museum, among others.

As he explained Carlos Careers 2015 is the first year in which visitors of this equipment have to pay ticket (three euros for non-residents, 1.5 euros for residents, young and older than 65 years). “It’s a way to go seek revenue that allows us to continue to support cultural events,” he said.

The traditional Sea Festival which is held for ten days in August, return to the Bay of Cascais. Careers admits that the “large influx of people to the village center causes parking problems in two of the ten nights”, blaming the visitors not to use public transport to reach the place, despite agreements with the CP, for example. This year, the mayor promises to “strengthen the access mechanisms other than by car itself.”

In sport, the camera highlights events such as the World Corporate Golf Challenge, the “world’s largest and most recognized tournament of golf for companies “, 30 June to 4 July; and several proofs of world surfing circuit and the world sailing championship.

                     
 
                     
                 

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