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"Mr President, I am a municipal councillor in a small village in central Spain. While it is true that the tourist industry is an opportunity for the entire European Union, it is much more markedly so for rural areas like ours, for three reasons: firstly because it diversifies the economy, bringing a new opportunity for women and young people, and is also a policy that can prevent depopulation in our rural areas; secondly because these activities also fully complement the activities of the primary sector, and even strengthen them in the case of agritourism; and thirdly because, unlike in the coastal sector, seasonality is not as high, which can also mean new, longer-lasting, better-quality jobs.
I would therefore like to stress that this report should not make the mistake of setting a European strategy based, once again, on the coastal or urban sector. Rural areas should be a priority, particularly in terms of competitiveness, investment, training, innovation, the adoption of excellence as its standard, consistency in quality criteria, and greater visibility. Furthermore, rural tourism should be taken into account across each and every one of the Commission’s actions.
Thus, I would like to congratulate the Commission and the rapporteur for this initiative and this report."@en1
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