Tourism professionals from Malaga have hope about the crisis

Malaga province is "well positioned" to resolve the crisis, said today the president of the International Association of Professionals in Tourism of Malaga, 'SKAL Malaga Costa del Sol', Alberto Fernandez, who said the sector begins to see "green shoots".

Fernandez, who went to the municipality of Marbella along with industry professionals to announce the creation of the SKAL in the town, argued that England, the country's biggest emitter of passengers on the Costa del Sol, "is starting to create jobs," while added that the forecast for this year in the German market is that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grow by 4.5%, "which will give people more money and make them travel more."

Although he said that in the case of domestic market, which will be "same as last year", he insisted that "Malaga is well positioned in terms of communications, mainly due to the AVE that allows connection to cities like Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza and Valladolid; or airport expansion, as to double its capacity. "

"We are in the perfect line to get out of this slump, because we have completely renovated the best hotels, good roads on the Costa del Sol and we also offer good alternatives," he told reporters, while stressing that in January this year " there has been an increase in reserves for the months of March and April in the segment of golf over the previous year, thus the "time is changing." SKAL MARBELLA.

The SKAL International - founded in 1934 in Paris (France), although in Malaga was established in 1958 - is a social network of company managers that embrace tourism aimed at professional and industry associations' starting from a level Fellowship to further engage business with other countries.

This association is composed of 14 clubs and over 500 members, a national and an international committee. The SKAL Marbella for its creation must have a minimum of 20 members among whom is former director of the Hotel School in Malaga, Rafael de la Fuente, Santiago Dominguez, references to the restaurant in Marbella and Jorge Lemos, coordinator of the club.

For his part, de la Fuente said that this group is "the first international institution in time, number of members and the only one that brings together all facets of tourism activity, noted that while the creation of SKAL Marbella is "an important part in the history of tourism in the city."
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