MADRID, 4 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -
The marketing of Imserso trips for the 2023-2024 season will begin on October 26, with a total of 886,269 seats, 70,000 more than in the previous edition, after the final award of the three lots of the contest to Ávoris Corporación Empresarial.
Specifically, on October 26, the sale of trips will begin in the autonomous communities of Aragón, Asturias, Castilla La Mancha, Catalonia, Galicia, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, La Rioja, Navarra and the Basque Country.
Two days later, on October 28, program users in Andalusia, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Valencian Community, Extremadura, Madrid, Melilla and Murcia will be able to access the new program.
According to the statement from the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030, this Wednesday the sending of letters begins to confirm the accreditation with which you can reserve trips for the Social Tourism contest for the 2023-2024 season.
Thus, around 200,000 letters will be sent every day, up to a total of 2,697,264 letters that will reach 4,219,157 beneficiaries during the month of October.
Therefore, users will be able to book their trip to destinations on the peninsular coast, insular coast or getaway tourism through the website --www.turismosocial.com-- with their ID and accreditation code or at any of the agencies. authorized travel only with the DNI.
For Social Rights, "the Tourism Program contributes to active aging and the promotion of an active life, while promoting intergenerational solidarity, generating employment and economic activity and promoting interterritorial solidarity through travel between different autonomous communities."
On September 19, the Central Administrative Court of Contractual Resources (TACRC), dependent on the Ministry of Finance, dismissed the appeals presented by Ávoris' competitors, ratifying the victory of the tour operator belonging to the Barceló Group.
After the resolution, the company showed its "deep satisfaction" with the result and assured that it was convinced of "having presented the best possible offers, as the TACRC has just ratified."
"Ávoris' commitment now involves launching the program as soon as possible, working closely with the entire value chain, trying to recover lost time, and thus be able to provide the best possible service to our seniors, in a way that they can enjoy their well-deserved trips," said the tourist group.
In the words of the general director of Ávoris Corporación Empresarial, Juan Carlos González, "this resolution ratifies our conviction of having presented the best offers to the tender and encourages us to work with the greatest intensity to launch and make the Imserso program that "It has so many positive effects for our elders and for the entire tourism industry in Spain."
The new program includes a price increase of 7.5% and 70,000 new places, up to 886,269, with a 14% higher budget, around 300 million, among other new features. In addition, the duration of the contract extends between September 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024.
Of the three lots that make up the program, the first will have 443,887 places; while the island coast will be with 230,039; and number 3, for getaway tourism and European origin, with 212,343 places.
As for the price per lot, it will reach 32.08 million euros, 24.01 million euros and 15.52 million euros, respectively.
In addition, the increase of 70,000 places will be allocated to lot 3, which will reach 212,343 places, while lot 1 (443,887) and 2 (230,039) will maintain their current number.
Likewise, Imserso trips will incorporate all the provinces of Spain, going from 18 to 52 with tourism more adapted to the wishes of today's older people, with 10 new cultural circuits, 19 new nature routes (Sierra Nevada, the Cañón del Río Lobos, etc.) and an increase in places with rooms for single use (which will go from 2% to 10%).
Among other new activities, more than 1,000 places will be reserved for itineraries with literary, musical, theatrical or gastronomic cultural themes in areas of special cultural interest in Spain.
Elements expressed by older people will also be incorporated into the new tender, such as the increase in places with accommodation in single-occupancy rooms, and the processing of trips will be speeded up by implementing electronic registration so that users can register at the accommodation by showing their document. of identity.
