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COPT works on proposed comments re: amendments to tourism law

foto 2022iii COPT Today Alejandra Ferrer, Vice-President of the Consell de Formentera and Councillor of Tourism Promotion and Management; representatives of the island's tourism sector, including individuals from the Hotel Association of Formentera, the Chamber of Commerce, the small- and medium-sized business group (PIMEF), the Confederation of Business Groups in the Balearics (CAEB), travel agencies, and members of political parties and trade unions, gathered for the latest meeting of the Commission for Tourism Promotion and Management (Comissió d'Ordenació i Promoció Turística, COPT).

Councillor Ferrer offered an analysis of amendments that have been proposed to the regional tourism act and which have received backing from the Balearic government, and asked for "feedback and contributions" from sector representatives in a bid to "reach a consensus on representations that will be relayed to the Balearic Parliament". Highlights:

- Regarding the Circularity Plan (Pla de Circularitat), proposals will focus on helping small businesses and securing support to implement these measures for the 'circular business' certification.

- Discussion centred on ways to determine the carbon footprint of individual overnight stays, one of the measures included in the Plan, and to extend the calculation to day-trippers as well.

- Attendees agreed on the need to expand advertising for local products, including all Balearic products.

- Attendees also discussed making the COPT responsible for evaluating dispensations from circularity measures, including when compliance is infeasible, as well as for streamlining procedures for businesses that seek upgrades and modernisation work.

- Concerning the moratorium on new authorisations for beds for tourists, attendees concurred about the need to study a specific article for Formentera so that residents are eligible for the same exemptions that hotels already receive in relation to applications under review, and so that residents can receive the correct paperwork for holiday rentals if they have made necessary investments and upgrades to market rentals for tourism in line with the Plan on Quality.

"Essentially we want to adapt this legislation to the needs of Formentera", said Councillor Ferrer, who added, "We would have liked to have participated earlier in developing this act, but we will do so now through with representations to the bill that we will present in Parliament".


15 March 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

Formentera unveils promotional actions in Portugal and France

foto 2022 pre temporadaThe Formentera Office of Tourism is pleased to report on the promotional activities it will carry out out in the days ahead. From tomorrow, Wednesday 16 March until Sunday 20 March, Formentera will participates in the Lisbon Travel Market (BTL).

The first two days of the fair are exclusively for industry professionals, with Formentera's representatives planning to hold meetings at this time to present our destination. The rest of the days the fair will be open to the general public and Formentera will be at a stand highlighting its charms, said Alejandra Ferrer, Vice-President and Councillor of Tourism of the Consell de Formentera. The promotion will focus on the low season months and Formentera's credentials as a sustainable island where cultural, sports, heritage and gastronomic activities can be enjoyed in contact with nature.

This Portuguese fair is once again being held in person after COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the two previous years. "The Formentera Office of Tourism is committed to promote the island in a market that has responded very well the past two years of pandemic and is growing", she said. Ferrer also confided that, in view of "the current situation of uncertainty generated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are ramping up promotion in the islands and mainland Spain as well as, given their proximity, Portugal and France".
 
Formentera will also be promoted at the World Tourism Fair 2022 in Paris (France), "a market where our communications agency has assured us that they are receiving a large number of inquiries about our destination", added Ferrer. Lastly, next week between 24 and 27 March, Formentera will also be promoted at the Brussels Holiday Fair 2022 in Belgium, "a market where Formentera is attracting more and more interest".

15 March 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

This March Pimef and Consell offer companies and workers six free training courses

The Formentera Office of Commerce is pleased to announce that the series of free courses organised by the island's association of entrepreneurs, Pimef, and subsidised by the Consell, will start 21 March. The aim of 'Fent Pimef' is to provide companies and staff with training and consulting as well as technological, information and communication resources to develop and enhance viability.

The 2022 course offering:
III Photography for Businesses. 21, 23, 24 and 28 March. In person at the Pimef office.
How to Incorporate Equality Into Your Business. 22 March. Online.
Leadership and Teamwork. 24 and 25 March. Online.
Customer Service, Communication and Sales. 28 and 29 March Online.
Complementary Currencies: Theory and Practice. 29 March. In person at the Pimef office.
Revenue Management for Hotels. 30 and 31 March. Online.

In the words of Ana Juan, President of the Consell and Councillor of Commerce, "these courses help small entrepreneurs on the island to improve their skills". She highlighted the course on equality and insisted that "incorporating equality across the board" was both "a source of satisfaction" and "an imperative": "Equality is increasingly present in the business world and, therefore, in society".

For her part Pimef Manager Lidia Álvarez affirmed, "We are pleased to continue offering companies and workers necessary and important training so SMEs can continue to grow and offer quality services and products on Formentera". Interested parties can register by calling 971 32 25 20 or sending an email to info@pimef.es. Space is limited.

11 March 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

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Formentera promoted as a sustainable destination in Berlin

foto 2022 ITBThe Formentera Office of Tourism will promote the island this week, 8 to 10 March, at the Berlin ITB, a tourism trade fair which will be held online. This morning Carlos Bernús, Chief of Tourism Promotion, joined representatives of the other island councils at the Palma Congress Centre to log in for "Balearic Islands: Experience and New Opportunities".

The roundtable gathering found Bernús speaking to members of the industry and niche media outlets about Formentera's credentials as a "sustainable island with pioneering projects like formentera.eco, which regulates incoming vehicles, and Save Posidonia Project". Bernús observed that both initiatives were of interest to travelers that care about environmental measures, and pointed out that Germany in particular "is home to the fourth largest number of Formentera's visitors".

"As a destination, Formentera is more than sustainable, it is also ideal for families and nature lovers", said Bernús, who highlighted "our offer in the low season months: nature, bird-watching and heritage routes, plus culture, sport and fine dining".

Summer forecast
 
"We are not yet aware of any cancellations due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine", said Bernús, who asserted, "Logically, war and conflict generate uncertainty around the approaching tourist season and that can have repercussions on prices, our visitors' spending and, consequently, on reservations. So once again, as in the past two years of COVID, the sector will have to be flexible".


10 March 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

El Formentera Jazz Festival se celebrarà entre el 2 i 5 de juny i torna al seu format habitual d'abans de la pandèmia

El Consell de Formentera, a través de les àrees de Turisme i Cultura, informa que el Formentera Jazz Festival ja ha anunciat les dates de la vuitena edició, que tendrà lloc del 2 al 5 de juny de 2022. Després de dos edicions híbrides, amb format presencial i telemàtic, el festival torna a les dates i format habitual.

Aquesta nova edició, el Formentera Jazz Festival torna al format prepandèmia i es reafirma en l'objectiu de connectar el públic amb la naturalesa i la màgia de l'illa a través de la música en viu. El Formentera Jazz Festival continua apostant per mostrar la intersecció del jazz amb diferents gèneres musicals, incentiva de nou el talent internacional, nacional, així com el local de les Illes Balears.

En aquest sentit, la vicepresidenta i consellera de Turisme, Alejandra Ferrer, ha explicat que "des del Consell s'impulsa aquest esdeveniment a principi de temporada per presentar als visitants una oferta cultural de qualitat, allunyada del sol i platja, i de la qual també poden gaudir els residents". A més de la perspectiva lúdica del festival, Alejandra Ferrer ha destacat "el seu vessant de conscienciació sobre la sostenibilitat".

Per la seua part, la consellera de Cultura, Susana Labrador ha explicat que "després de dos anys de pandèmia que no ha permès un festival amb concerts a la plaça de la Constitució de Sant Francesc, ens fa molta il·lusió que per l'edició d'enguany puguem presentar novament un Formentera Jazz Festival totalment presencial i recuperant aquest indret com a escenari principal".

"Com es pot veure al cartell, enguany la imatge del festival porta la vestimenta icònica de Formentera, per simbolitzar la mescla de tradició i innovació que fa que l'illa sigui tan màgica, única i singular. Un paral·lelisme a l'univers del jazz i les seues interseccions amb altres músiques, que és el valor fundacional que promou el Formentera Jazz Festival", segons ha explicat Maxwell Wright, director del FJF.

El Formentera Jazz Festival va néixer el 2015 de la mà del Consell Insular de Formentera com una trobada musical oberta a l'univers del jazz, amb l'afany d'oferir varietat quant al gènere, a la diversitat i a la procedència internacional. Pròximament, s'informarà sobre la programació del FJF de 2022 al web www.formenterajazzfestival.info. De moment, els amants d'aquest gènere musical ja es poden reservar les dates.


10 de març de 2022
Àrea de Comunicació
Consell de Formentera

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