The announcement was made by the natives of the sector and the measure would begin this Tuesday, April 15.
Through an official statement, natives of Playa Blanca, the island of Cartagena, they announced that from next Tuesday, April 15, they are going to Prohibit the entry of liquors and food to tourists visiting the sector.
The above has been supported by some inhabitants as a measure to protect and ensure the sales of the premises. Given this, the authorities such as the Ministry of Tourism in Cartagena announced that they are already analyzing the possibilities of this proposal being carried out, seeking to benefit both parties.
“The Native Community of Playa Blanca informs all visitors who, as of Tuesday, April 15, will not be allowed to enter food or drinks that are not for consumption within the establishments of the island. This measure seeks to protect and strengthen the local economy, which depends on the responsible tourism and the consumption of products and services offered by the native families. By bringing food from outside, the sustenance of those who with effort and dedication have built their life around tourism is limitedand decent employment is discouraged in the community, ”said the community publicly.
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In the same pronouncement, they ensure that the community is trained in the management of solid waste and in turn committed to the conservation of the natural environment. They also argue that, the entry of external products increases the generation of non -managed waste locally, which would be representing a direct threat to the marine and coastal ecosystem.
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For its part, the Secretary of Tourism in Cartagena, Teresa Londoño Zurekhe said in the last hours that this is a measure that the authorities have talked with the natives, also delivered more details of the reasons behind the proposal by the community in Playa Blanca.
“This is a measure that we have also socialized several times with the presence of Claudia, our director of Parks, where what the communities propose is that they are being affected especially in the type of tour that arrives through the capacity buses of 40 to 60 people, where these people or these families arrive with a fridge in the shoulder where they carry foods, drinks and what happens with those foods and drinks when they enter the area of Playa Blanca. One, do not consume in local restaurants the preparations that our communities affect us say their income. And two, all they leave are garbage. ”
The Secretary Londoño, added in a meeting with 6 community councils of Cartagena that will be the main theme of the next dialogue tables with the communities and assured that they do not rule out an official regulation or decree on this issue.
“We can somehow regular them with several of the rules we are present today. So that is something that we are going to discuss at the work table, which we will have, that is one of the proposals they bring … qThey will present it to the minister and we from the district of Cartagena are willing to support it and accompany all the surveillance and control of part of the communities, they are considering creating as a safeguard committee, an environmental committee, which are the ones who make that surveillance of those foods and drinks that enter the area of Playa Blanca. ”
Regarding the minister referred to by the official Londoño Zurek, it is the Minister of Commerce and Tourism, Rusinque sky, Who was in the city of Cartagena this Saturday, April 12 for the delivery of new signaling in Playa Blanca.
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It is known that the natives of the community maintained the first dialogue table with Minister Rusinque, however, it is unknown until the moment of this publication, in this meeting, measures or projects were established in the face of the aforementioned consumption situation within the beaches.
Source: Integrated information system
