La Cueva inaugurates a sculpture dedicated to the National Q 2023 National Award that the Foundation has received

La Cueva inaugurates a sculpture dedicated to the National Q 2023 National Award that the Foundation has received

The president of the Cueva de Nerja Foundation and Accidental Subdelegate of the Government in Malaga, Juan Pedro Carnero, and the mayor of Nerja and First Vice-President of the Foundation, José Alberto Armijo, have today unveiled a sculpture dedicated to the ?National Prize Q 2023 ? that the Foundation received in the past from FITUR from the Spanish Tourism Quality Institute (ICTE) for its work in favor of quality and sustainable tourism.

José Alberto Armijo, highlighted that the ICTE award ?comes to confirm the work well done of this Foundation thanks to the coordination and understanding between the administrations, the curator of the Cave, the manager, and of course, the workers who are fundamental to achieving this recognition.?

The mayor highlighted Nerja's connection with the Q for Tourist Quality, remembering that next year it will be 20 years since it achieved the first distinction, specifically for Burriana beach. Later, recognitions were granted to the beaches of La Torrecilla and El Chucho and to the Municipal Tourism Office.

The mayor also highlighted ?the awareness and involvement of the private sector? and pointed out that in 2004 the Tourism Parador also achieved the Q for Tourist Quality. Later in 2008, the Plaza Cavana Hotel and the Marina Turquesa apartments achieved it ?and later more businessmen aware of the importance of quality have joined.?

Therefore he added that betting on quality and sustainability, both in the public and private sectors, "is betting on the creation of a benchmark tourist destination such as Nerja at a national and international level."

Also participating in the event were Mª Rosa Morales, Territorial Delegate for Development, Articulation and Housing of the Junta de Andalucía; Sandra Extremera, Provincial Deputy of Malaga; and the President of the ICTE, Miguel Mirones, together with the manager of the Cueva de Nerja Foundation, José M.ª Domínguez.

All of them showed their satisfaction for this award received thanks to the work carried out and for a monument that remembers them in the cavity area.