42 small ambassadors will promote nautical tourism in Gijon Spain

Gijon has since this month with 42 new small ambassadors that will promote nautical tourism in the Asturian city.
This is Leon Badajoz school who participated in the pilot program nautical-cultural week.After enjoying a few days of Gijón and the sea, the students from Sacred Heart schools in Leon and Lady of Consolation Feria de Badajoz, have received from the hands of Councillor for Economic Development and Employment and Tourism Gijon president, Fernando Couto , a diploma certifying them as 'mini ambassadors of Gijon.'The group of children in Badajoz is the Winner of Get in path ', which organizes the cooperation network of cities in the Ruta de la Plata, which is a founding member Gijón, whose prize was the participation in these weeks nautical culture.This program, promoted by Gijón Tourism, is to combine the initiation and learning of sports to promote tourism in Gijón and welcome student groups throughout the year.Its creators claim and find new market niches through the child population, "making these infants a potential ambassadors of Gijón, which is expected to achieve objectives in the short, medium and long term," explained from Gijón Tourism.The small, landlocked locations from not only thus enjoy days off to participate in water activities, but probably encourage their families and other children to repeat the experience. The program hopes to even have long-term outcomes, when these students are already adults and transmit this memory of his childhood to future generations.During these days, have played sports such as sailing, surfing, windsurfing, canoeing, and have had the opportunity to meet some of the attractions of Gijón Aquarium, the Botanical Gardens or the Technical College.This action is part of the activities outlined in the agreement between the Regional Tourist Board, the Company Gijón Joint Tourism and the Port Authority of Gijón to perform throughout 2012, and jointly activities aimed at promoting nautical tourism .