Obtaining been recognised as a regional leader by voters at the Earth Journey Awards, Breaking Journey Information below talks to Gloria Gallardo, president of the Guayaquil General public and Municipal Firm of Tourism, to find out how it feels to have won

Breaking Journey Information: Congratulations – Guayaquil has been honoured with the titles of South America’s Top Town Vacation spot, South America’s Major Meetings & Convention Destination and South America’s Foremost City Tourist Board at the Environment Vacation Awards – how does it experience to have won?

Gloria Gallardo: For us, it was a enormous honour to have been nominated.

To have received, in all the nominations, it is a big responsibility that will obstacle us even much more to keep and increase our expert services. 

Breaking Vacation Information: How practical are the Planet Journey Awards and related accolades in marketing of the metropolis to a world hospitality marketplace?

GG: These awards awake people’s interest in Guayaquil.

It makes the earth to keep an eye on us and show what the city’s acquired to supply.

Many thanks to new systems we are able to sign up for endeavours and endorse a modern and cosmopolitan concept of Guayaquil and its people today who come to feel proud of their hometown and their identity.

Breaking Travel News: How would you explain the temper between tourism insiders in Guayaquil, and Ecuador extra commonly, in late 2020? Are you hoping for a return to normality upcoming year?

GG: When Covid-19 initial hit Guayaquil, the community city corridor authorities took control about to restrain the destructive consequences of the pandemic.

In executing so, it also aimed to maintain the metropolis economic system jogging carrying out shorter- and prolonged-time period outcomes.
Particularly, the tourist region we have achieved with wonderful success.

The tourism business of Guayaquil felt supported by the mayor of Guayaquil, Cynthia Viteri Jimenez, who labored jointly with the General public and Municipal Enterprise of Tourism of Guayaquil, that I guide, and formed the ‘United for the Reactivation of Tourism in Bigger Guayaquil’ committee.

This is an organisation that has the participation of reps of the overall tourism business.

The goal is making proposals to advantage the tourist sector, an significant pillar for the economic reactivation of the town.

Some of the actions that we have been adopting consist of: obtaining the Safe Travels certification, short-term suspension of tourism taxes and levies, application of 75 for each cent capacity for restaurants, application of 30 per cent capacity for the realisation of occasions and the re-opening of piers and parks.

Breaking Travel Information: What ideas does the Guayaquil tourism board have to restore self-assurance in the market wanting ahead to 2021?

GG: Just after the Covid-19 wellness disaster, it is our major priority to get back customer self esteem.

We will emphasis on adopting all the necessary signifies to promise the effectively-remaining of tourists.

This is where by we implemented teaching by means of biosecurity and the Risk-free Travels stamp basic safety measure, to make sure that the worth chain of the sector targets distinct well being and cleanliness challenges.

In addition, these steps are essential for employers not to offer their companies in a basic safety manner but it aims to also protect themselves and let their natural environment to adapt more quickly to the new situations brought as a consequence of this pandemic.

Guayaquil is thought of a business travel destination and environment class professional events hub.

In this put up-pandemic year, two functions have been productively held: International Reserve Fair (digital event) and the seventh edition of Raíces a Gastronomy Hybrid Fair (confront to facial area and virtual).

At the exact same time, 24 virtual activities and four hybrid gatherings are in the will work.

For the approaching 2021 calendar year, the Conference Bureau of Guayaquil will handle to deliver far more occasions to the metropolis that will crank out an inflow of vacationers, development of new employment and social development.

All these situations will have the help of the General public and Municipal Company of Tourism and regulate agencies to assure the security and excellent of the occasions and act as the watchdog of bio-safety protocols.

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