The Government of Spain, through the Sectoral Tourism Conference, chaired by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Héctor Gómez, has approved 5 tourism sustainability projects in Navarra, which will receive 17.201,000 euros for its implementation corresponding to the III Extraordinary Call of the Program of Tourism Sustainability Plans in Destination 2023. This call will be financed entirely with the Next Generation EU funds of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
In total, the autonomous communities will receive an investment of 478 million euros for the financing of 175 tourism sustainability projects, 160 of which will be managed by local entities, while the remaining 15 correspond to cohesion actions (ACD) that will be developed by the autonomous communities and will have a direct impact on destinations.
By type of destination, 255 projects correspond to rural destinations with tourist identity; 69, to tourist destinations of sun and mixed/residential beach; 53, to cities with tourist identity; 18, to urban tourist destinations; and the rest, to coastal rural destinations (28), natural spaces (36), very internationalized sun and beach destinations (24) and large urban destinations (1).
Selected Navarre projects
Of the 5 projects approved in Navarre, 4 correspond to rural destinations with tourist identity. In addition, also in accordance with this investment, the region will develop a cohesion action (ACD), which will boost the tourist quality of the destinations.
The projects selected are as follows:
- Tourist sustainability plan in destination “Urdina, camino por el río Aragón” (Cederna Garalur). 1.330.00 euros.
- Tourist sustainability plan in destination “Plazaola-Sakana-Ultzamaldea” (Cederna Garalur). 5 million euros.
- Tourist sustainability plan in destination “Ribera Alta de Navarra” (EDER Consortium). 2 million euros.
- Plan de sostenibilidad turística en destino “Comarca Pamplona Rural” (Mancomunidad de la Comarca de Pamplona). 2 million euros.
- Plan de sostenibilidad turística en destino “Navarra circular, inclusiva y resiliente” (municipios navarros). 6.871.000 euros