Güéjar Sierra is having one of the best year from the point of view of tourism. All the hotels and rural accomodations were full this weekeng and this fact had a very good inlfuence in the whole business area.
In this sense, visitors choosing rural tourism are increasing. The high quality of service and also the products offered in local shops can be emphasized .
The nearness of Sierra Nevada ski resort is a key factor for these good dates; a big number of skiers choose tranquility and hospitality of this city to relax after a sport day.
However, last years sports and natural tourism have turned into the most touristic attraction of the locality. It is proved by the proliferation of specialised companies in this type of touristic supply to which the gastronomic tourism has joined.
Entrepeneurs is celebrating these good hotel occupancy rates that have a very good effect in the rest of local shops. “Visitors not only spend the night or have lunch in our hotels and restaurants but they also buy in our shops”. The President of the Local Association of Entrepeneurs , Miguel Quirós, has emphasized “the importance of continuing working to keep the quality and reinforce our business fabric which is essential for the economic development in the city”.
In this sense, Tourism Councillor, Elisabeth García, has remembered the importance of the institutional and business colaboration. “This relation is fundamental to the consolidation of tourism”, she has said. Result of this joint effort is the creation of a new touristic web portal for Güéjar Sierra. It is hosted in www.guejarsierraturismo.com and it is enabled both in Spanish and English.
Güéjar Sierra has more than 500 hotel beds. Tourists are increasingly more exclusive . This weekend the foreign travelers , principally English have rose, although there has been Andalucian tourists too.
These good hotel occupancy rates and the rise of small companies are positive to the Touristic Brand of Güéjar Sierra. Promotion can be increased by events like Cycling Tour of Spain which will come back to the locality this year; it means an unique oportunity to spread our image to the whole Spanish geography.