The Andalusian Tourist Council’s last plenary session gave permission for Ubeda to move forward with the process of registering as a Tourist Municipality in Andalusia. Juan Marin, Acting Minister of Tourism, Regeneration and Justice and Local Administration, announced this decision. He said that he was happy with the measure the World Heritage city had been seeking.
This is the first step in a municipality’s designation. It will be effective when it receives future approval from the Junta de Andalucia. This recognition will then be made official, and the municipality will be added to 38 others that have this cataloging.
According to the Ministry, five municipalities would have this number in Jaen’s case. Ubeda will be added to the existing laws in Baeza Banos de la Encina Cazorla, La Iruela, and Banos de la Encina. The declaration of Tourist Municipality in Andalusia is available to those localities with a population of less than one hundred thousand. This includes the satisfaction of several requirements related to the number of overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments. The number of visitors.
A municipality must also confirm that it has a municipal tourist quality plan and a consistent offering based on heritage and natural, cultural, or sports resources. It must also verify that its infrastructure is adequate to provide services for visitors. The inclusion of Ubeda’s monumental complex on the World Heritage List has been considered in the Ubeda case.
Ubeda will become a Tourist Municipality in Andalusia. It will be eligible to receive a fixed annual subsidy, of 200,000 euros per year, on an uncompetitive basis. This will enable the promotion of many interesting projects that will benefit the town, the province, and the autonomous community. This declaration will allow for extraordinary financing each year. It will also be used to improve tourist infrastructures and resources in the town, which is a major engine of the economy.
