Innovation and Sustainability to Drive the Transformation of the Tourism Sector

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IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT Innovation and sustainability to drive the transformation of the tourism sector Ministers from 17 countries are meeting in Andorra la Vella to discuss the axes that allow the change

COMÚ D’ANDORRA LA VELLA / TONY LARA EL PERIÒDIC ANDORRA LA VELLA @PeriodicAND ndorra la Vella will host, today and tomorrow, the Ibero-American Summit Aof Ministers of Tourism, which has as its core the transformation of the sector based on innovation and technology; training, recruitment and sustainability. From these three axes, ten strategic lines will be based to apply the theory proposed. The meeting is at- tended by 17 countries. The ceremony of presentation of the event, which took place last night, was started by the Consul- Mayor of Andorra la Vella, Conxi- ta Marsol, who emphasized the importance of tourism for the economic activity of the city and the country. However, the intention is, in her words, to convert it: «We are living, especially, shopping tourism, and we must reinvent our- selves in our own way and within a model based on diversified tourism. Today, ski tourism is a major national attraction that comple- ments shopping. We have to keep betting on new attractions, especi-

Andorra la Vella is working to make the capital combine shopping with experiences ally during the summer season. ‘’ She also emphasized that An- dorra la Vella works to adapt to «the new modes and the changes of Marsol spoke at the presentation of the Ibero-American Summit. priorities of citizens and visitors». 33 She said that it is intended to build In turn, the Latin American Se- volved. a capital that will complement cretary General, Rebeca Gryns- On the other hand, the Ibero- shopping tourism with experien- pan, referred to «entertainment» American Secretary General emp- ces. All this, given that you have to as one of the pillars of growth in hasized that the project being re- work with sustainable betting. the economies of the countries, sumed in Andorra included the The senior consul was prece- and , therefore, tourism would theme of innovation, which he ded by the Executive Director of play a significant role in contribu- considered «fundamental» in or- the World Tourism Organization ting to that growth. She said that der to meet the goals of sustaina- (WTO) Manuel Butler, who empha- she was convinced that tourism Manuel Butler ble development. sized that tourism, due to its trans- would increase. However, in order EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OMT The last intervention of the pre- versality, plays an invaluable role to increase, the development of sentation of the Ibero-American in accelerating change to a more the sector must be carried out ta- «If we focus policies on the social sector, meeting was made by the Ministry sustainable society and fairer: «It king into account such elements of Tourism of the Principality, Ve- is stated that to be competitive we as «sustainability, inclusion or de- we will move faster towards a better and rònica Canals, who emphasized must be sustainable, but the key to cent work». fairer world» the fact that «although all coun- sustainability is the social factor. Mr Grynspan emphasized that tries are different, the centers of Let’s not forget that tourism is peo- the ministerial meeting these days interest are reflected» in the three ple-centered. If we focus our polici- would serve to discuss the challen- Rebecca Grynspan axes to be discussed and derived es on the social sector, we will mo- ges of tourism, such as the seaso- LATIN AMERICAN SECRETARY GENERAL from the ten strategic lines that ve faster towards a better and fai- nality or improvement of the va- will form a declaration that will be rer world. « lue chain, including the cultural «The theme of innovation is essential approved or not, as part of the me- In this sense, he stated that fun- industries and gastronomy. In that eting of Ibero-American heads of damental levers such as culture, sense, he said that this would me- to meet the goals of sustainable state and government, which An- gastronomy or rural tourism also an more cross-cutting debate, as development» dorra will host in November of this act in this direction. other economic sectors are also in- year. H 16 www.elperiodic.ad TUESDAY, 10 MARCH 2019 el Periòdic News

Demonstration Shouts and banners in favour of the rights of them flood the center under the watchful eye of the visitors 3 Feminist associations want more involvement from institutions The Woman’s Day rally gathers about half a They call for more work-life balance and thousand people in the commercial hub co-education in equal family values.

C. A. (ANA) EL PERIÒDIC ESCALDES-ENGORDANY @PeriodicAND bortion is the right most talked about yesterday at the March 8 feminist rally, Ain which half a thousand people, according to the Circulati- on Service, filled the commercial axis with purple from Coprínceps Square to on The Cloud. But there are more rights that are still far from being achieved. For this rea- son, associations are calling for a more direct involvement of institutions, which have the tools to change it. «The Government and the Co- muns do not count on the entities», acknowledged Stop Violence Pre- sident Vanessa M. Cortés, «because we have experience and knowledge that we are not part of.» All this me- ans that «there is a reality that does not reach the institutions». Similarly, the president of Acci- ón Feminista, Antònia Escoda, spoke. «The Government is doing its

Concentration runs through streets and squares of Andorra la Vella and Escaldes- Engordany March 8 demonstration jointly organized by Feminist Action, Stop Violence and IDHA. 33 homework by signing agreements, but we doubt if the resources are Measures that would go through ve absolutely nothing to do with said Cortés reading the manifesto ge be achieved,» Escoda added sufficient,» he acknowledged, «we co-responsibility over time, impro- one another.» «We must vindicate of Stop Violences. In front of the co- need to see if we want institutions ving work and personal balance. and speak,» Cortés corroborated. defendant’s defense of certain sec- WAITING FOR A DECISION Asked by the that legislate and work for the ci- But also with a gender mainstre- tors of the population, she stated Government’s request/ to the Pro- tizen or citizens subject to the ins- aming in public policies and wor- LOVING THE COUNTRY «We are not fig- that «she loves no more the earth secutor’s Office, the President said titutions». king to eradicate sexist violence. hting against Andorra,/ we are figh- who oppresses or clings to the past that it has not yet been notified. In ting against an archaic system that than the ones to advance in rights». fact, after consulting with law ex- RIGHTS FOR WOMEN The committee MOVEMENT WITH GOOD HEALTH The fi- perpetuates violence through fear,» «Only through solidarity can chan- perts, he assured that «if there was walked behind a banner/ saying De- gures showed that Andorran/ soci- a crime, it would not have happe- fend our rights, which was also the ety is becoming more aware. Alt- ned in the country», since «we tal- motto of the rally. While reading hough about 300 people gathered ked about Andorra outside Andor- the manifestos in The Cloud Squa- in Plaça Guillemó last year, yes- ra», referring to the same thing re, Feminist Action made it clear terday the figure was almost dou- VANESSA M. CORTÉS ANTÒNIA ESCODA the principle of territoriality that that «there is systematic discrimi- bled. For Escoda, the «feminist mo- PTA STOP VIOLENCES PTA. FEMINIST ACTION would protect girls who aborted nation against women in all walks vement is growing because there outside the Principality. of life, be it personal, family, work are more and more accomplices «It lacks the Government «The Executive is doing Also, it would not be right for the or social.» To address it, through and people joining it.» «At first it se- and the comuns to have its homework by signing complaint to be in his name and their president, they called for «con- emed that we were still at the level the entities, which we agreements, but we therefore there would be no legal crete and effective measures that of saying that feminism is the oppo- cause, «because I did not commit everyone can implement in their site of sexism,» she recalled, «and have experience and doubt if they have any crime but went under the pro- day-to-day life.» now people are seeing that they ha- knowledge» enough resources» tection of my association. H www.elperiodic.ad TUESDAY, 10 MARCH 2019 el Periòdic News 17

Demonstration Shouts and banners in favour of the rights of them flood the center under the watchful eye of the visitors Pàgines 2 i 3 LLL 3 Asking what is C. A. (ANA) ours Lack of social rights encourages about 500 people to go out and fight

EL PERIÒDIC yes you can» and «legal abortion in ANDORRA LA VELLA the hospital», the demonstration It’s Sunday afternoon and Aveni- proceeds a few meters before Uni- da Meritxell looks like every ot- on Street. There, echoing the Argen- her day. Open shops, packed ter- tine abortionist movement, they races and visitors taking pictures sing to undermine patriarchy and to remember the trip. But upon ar- drive feminism. All this under the riving at Coprínceps Square, the watchful eye of tourists with bags children’s slides have given way to and, especially, of the dependents - banners and to people who gradu- the majority women - of the shops. ally dyed the space with purple. Some may have wanted to attend, The Castellers d’Andorra action but having to work on a Sunday af- tation «a success», especially given starts the feminist manifestation ternoon prevented them. that «society has a tendency to be on the occasion of the working wo- It is one of the few protests whe- closed». A fact that 15-year-old Mar- man, organized this year by Stop re men and women participate to- ta Orozco also shares with her fri- Violences, Feminist Action and the gether. Men like Roger Figuerola, ends. «We see that there are many Andorra Institute for Human Rig- who thinks that «it is also our res- men, and this is a breakthrough,» hts. Then, the beat rate of Toca-te ponsibility to be a part of change and she says. marks the passage of the march, to mentalize». A resident of the co- Upon arriving at The Cloud, the which advances down the street. untry, who considers the manifes- end point of the rally, the partici- Carme Reolid and Núria Tornill pants circle in a circle to hear the are two of the women who walk. The men present manifestos of the associations. Be- Both believe that «it’s a constant tween phrase and phrase, screams struggle and that’s why it has to consider that their of support and banners high up. Af- come every year», says Tornills. ter dancing to the rhythm of the gra- Reolid, on the other hand, ack- proclamations lla, the demonstration dissolves and nowledges that the TV3 abortion must also be slowly, groups of people leave the report «was what convinced me to square. come». «We like our country and made However, the shops can conti- we want it to evolve», she says, «be- nue to sell, the restaurants serving cause we have our rights and we snacks and the tourists strolling want to be given once. Point». quietly with their bags in hand. An With the shouts of «we are citi- hour and a half later, everything go- Above, a part of the participants in the rally. Below is one of the zens and not incubators», «Espot, es on like a shopping Sunday. 33posters seen at the demonstration. H

ad said that «FC Andorra had already Outrage among the players for the booked two hours in Alàs, a field that belongs precisely to the federation. MÍRIAM TIZÓN management of women’s football CAPTAIN OF THE ENFF MINIMAL EFFORTS Tizón emphasized that «we have/ absolutely no sec- FAF «They treat us like girls They consider that the FAF tions». «We were told at the begin- does not support Enfaf and but we are not. There ning of the season with the new bo- are many young girls but ard that things would change and that they are only «numbers» it is not true: We are treated as girls we are not stupid. They and we are not,» he reiterated and re- EL PERIÒDIC have us apart» membered that «there are many very ESCALDES-ENGORDANY young girls but we are not stupid. It The players at Enfaf are very angry is not good for me to come and caress with the management that the An- «They have us there my hair.» dorran Football Federation (FAF) is because FIFA and UEFA He stated that «we do not feel doing with women’s football and, are interested in women’s identified or helped with the FAF, we therefore, with their team. This we- are a very strong group and we are ekend came the drop that shed the football and they receive going together. But we’re not going glass when it was decided to suspend money as a club» anywhere. « He also said that «I think the match on Saturday at 18:00 be- we don’t care, I’m very clear» and ac- tween Enfaf and the AEM due to the tation for World Women’s Day ”. «If knowledged that «I honestly think snow in the Borda Mateu. you were so clear that your operati- they have us there because FIFA and In that sense, Míriam Tizón, team ves would clean the fields in the cen- UEFA are interested in women’s fo- captain, harshly criticized the mana- ter of the FAF, why did you first can- otball. As a club they get money be- gement of the situation in EL PERIÒ- cel the game for the Senior Female at cause they have women’s teams and The ENFAF players this season. DIC, because «the FAF has done not- 6pm?» He asked them and suggested that interests them. « «At the end, we 33 hing for us» because «it was not fore- that they do so. «More self-criticized are numbers,» he said, asserting that seen.» Nothing was searched for an hing while the other team already In addition, Tizón in a post FAF la- please». «We will change the way the «with them, it doesn’t matter if we alternative ”such as playing it yester- knew it was suspended. They sucked ter posted on his Facebok, which sta- Federation works with the new bo- keep the category or up.» «If we can day or in the Alàs camp, where the up us , «he lamented, remembering ted that «thanks to the work of our ard, you said,» he said in a comment. come and congratulate us and ta- United League duels were held. that» we played a lot in the league operators, the matches» of the First In this regard, he recalled that ke a picture, but nothing, they ma- He explained that «a Facebook and we got very angry. « Andorrans and Second Division are kept, he said «there were no operators in the Bor- ke the minima», he concluded, very post came out saying the duels were are struggling with the promotion that «you have no shame, ”and iro- da because the FAF had nothing or- sad with the current situation of the cancelled but we didn’t know anyt- to Preferent. nically recalled,“ it’s a good presen- ganized, they were found» and inste- team. H 18 www.elperiodic.ad TUESDAY, 10 MARCH 2020 el Periòdic News

SOCCER SECOND DIVISION B A3 victory to grow Nacho Castro opens with a win at home and breaks a streak of eight straight games without a win

@FCANDORRA FC ANDORRA 2 ORIOLA CF 1 FC Andorra Oriola CF Bañuz Morales Loureiro Pina Gaffoor Inglés Andrés G. Badal Bessone Marín Jilmar Rodri Marchán J.C. Gómez Riverola Olmedo Bover J.C. Fernández Casadesús Entrena Forgas Chechu Coach Coach Nacho Catro Gerard Albadalejo Changes: Changes: Moha for Jilmar (m. 70), Cases for Entrena (m. C. Martínez for Javier 67), Tito per Olmedo (m. (m. 77) and Feher per 77) and Antonio for J.C. Casadesús (m. 89) Gómez (m. 82).

Goals: 1-0 50’ Casadesús 1-1 64’ Entrena 2-1 74’ 3Casadesús Referee: Imanol Irurtzun 3Targets: Riverola, minute 43 (FC Andorra), Marchán, minute3 47 (FC Andorra), J.C. Gómez, minute 69 (Oriola CF) and Inglés, minut 85 (Oriola CF). Camp: Prada de Moles 3Assistance: 400 spectators. 3 EL PERIÒDIC ENCAMP @PeriodicAND Confidence, secu- rity, optimism and license to dream of the play-off as a result. FC Andorra’s victory against Ori- ola CF in Prada de Moles allows you to gather all the ingredients you need to lift a team that tied up to eight straight games without celebrating a triumph. Mo- re for the background than for the form, yesterday’s duel marks «a tur- ning point», in the words of Nacho Castro, for a team whose anxiety at the time of winning limited their football potential. FC Andorra’s players celebrate the second goal of Víctor Casadesús as the cheers burst with joy. In this way, a renewed FC Andorra 33 with an offensive plot radically different from the one proposed to Her- that Forgas could not transform. MENTAL STRENGTH Despite the strong but finally, FC Andorra secured a vic- cules, Ernest Forgas and Víctor Ca- With 37 foul of Riverola that goes emotional impact/ that could have tory to get behind the ghosts of the sadesús replacing Iker Goujón and that’s how the rubbing to the post and to the 39, had the target of the Alicante, the pe- game past and start laying the foun- Musa Sidibé, sought to increase the- a boarding house of Loureiro that ople of Prada de Moles had the capa- dations of a new project that adds a ir offensive presence in the opposite league goes finishes with a soft shot of the Ga- city to go back and go resolutely by win and a draw so far. field. Thus, the new coach chose to Second Division B - Group 3 lician. the party. In this sense, Nacho Cas- H arrange Andrés García as a central 28th Day tro made an ambitious bet to remo- with the aim of organizing the out- València Mestalla-SD Ejea 1-1 DREAM AND DECISION On the resump- ve Jilmar from the field to give Moha RCD Espanyol B-CE Sabadell 4-2 the dressing room put of the tricolour ball and giving tion, FC Andorra took/ a step forward a pass and a pass, to change the tacti- UE Cornellà-At. Llevant 1-0 more fluidity to a phase of the game FC Andorra-Oriola CF 2-1 to secure the victory, but could not cal drawing of his team on the grass NACHO CASTRO where previously the central ones seal it as fast as it wanted. Therefo- to make it 3-4-3 at the minute. 70. CD Ebro-Hèrcules CF 0-0 COACH FC ANDORRA were forced to drive the ball. With UE Olot-CF Badalona 2-0 re, with the same offensive formu- Therefore, as a result of continuous Gaffoor and Bessone squire and Lou- FC Barcelona B-UE Llagostera 3-2 la, Loureiro assisted Victor Casade- chipping, FC Andorra began to take «Weighed over» reiro and Jilmar as deep lanes, the CD Castelló-AE Prat 1-3 sús in the 50th to break his scoring a clear risk with a very active Bover. Lleida Esportiu-Vila-real B 3-0 FC Andorra coach Nacho Castro to- first chances for the locals were slow CF La Nucía -Gimnàstic de Tarragona 2-0 lack with a header that pierced the Then, as the Oriola sought to re- to arrive. opposing net to hit a defense and pel all three-pointers with a well- ok advantage of the press conferen- Thus, Oriola was the first to stri- Classification J G E P Pt thus generate the best moment of compacted 4-4-2, Bover executed a ce to send a confident message to his ke with a free kick from the left by 1. CD Castelló 9 14 8 6 50 the game, the match for the trico- precise foul to give Casadesus a go- squad. The coach said that «we had 2. FC Barcelona B 9 13 10 5 49 said that winning today was a tur- Chechu Flores and in which Miguel 3. CE Sabadell 9 14 7 7 49 lours. However, Nacho Castro com- al assist at 74 ‘. The striker, who was Bañuz shook a providential hand to 4. UE Cornellà 9 13 10 5 49 manded his interiors (Bover espe- alone inside the area, set up a very ning point.» He also added that «we prevent the Alicante target in the 5. Lleida Esportiu 9 12 10 6 46 cially) to increase their stature on plastic shot to overcome the goalke- have been here for a short time, 13th minute. Andorra tried to do- 6. Vila-real B 9 13 7 8 46 the field as well as their daring to eper Marcos Morales and put again but the boys’ disposition is exce- 7. UE Olot 9 11 11 6 44 minate the game through ball mo- bypass the script of the showdown. in front of those of the Principality. llent and they are very receptive». 8. RCD Espanyol B 9 11 9 8 42 In this regard, the head of the techni- vement, but it stopped bad after lo- 9. FC Andorra 9 10 11 7 41 In that vein, Bover began to ar- From that moment on, FC An- sing it in a defensive transition, a 10. CF La Nucía 9 10 9 9 39 rive in the inner lane, aiming to dorra took a step backwards to find cal cost stated that «it is difficult to problem that would be resolved in 11. CD Ebro 9 8 13 7 37 surprise the rival defense until it speed at Moha’s feet, but the Sene- play when you have not won for so the middle. Before, in the 28th mi- 12. At. Llevant 9 10 5 13 35 produced tearing to the defensive galese wasn’t quite right in his deci- long. I think they have taken a he- 13. UE Llagostera 9 7 12 9 33 avy toll». Finally, Castro stated that nute, Forgas came close to exten- 14. Nàstic de Tarragona 9 7 10 11 31 system with several interns. Precise- sion-making and damaged several ding a header through the middle 15. SD Ejea 9 6 9 13 27 ly, when FC Andorra was better, Ori- counter-attacks which could have «the last five minutes have cost us of Loureiro, but they cleared it in 16.València Mestalla 9 4 14 10 26 ola CF’s goal came in a cross from meant the three to. Managing the le- the anxiety it causes to accumu- the last minute. Later, at 33 ‘, the sa- 17. AE Prat 9 5 11 12 26 the left side, Marin’s work by Jua- ad through the pass circuit was not late so many weeks without win- 18. Hèrcules CF 9 5 10 13 25 ning, but I am happy overall as far me situation with the same outco- 19. CF Badalona 9 5 9 14 24 nan Entrena to make it one at 64 ‘in the best, as Nacho Castro’s players me, rode by Loureiro to draw a cross 20.Oriola CF 9 4 11 13 23 an unfortunate play. lacked the confidence they needed, as I have seen on the field».