Religious Tourism Is Promoted In Baja California South

South Californian Council for Science and Technology (Coscyt) designed a religious tourism project based on Jesuit missions, in order to boost tourism in the state using its wealth and history.
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South Californian Council for Science and Technology (Coscyt) designed a religious tourism project based on Jesuit missions, in order to boost tourism in the state using its wealth and history.
Coscyt director, Salvador Garcia Martinez, said that this project is based on the interest in tourism can awaken the desire to learn more about what they have been and are the Jesuit missions in the average peninsula.
He said the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has prompted several countries in South America in cultural tourism projects, including travel to see museums, archaeological sites or monuments.
Garcia Martinez said she also promotes visits to various places of worship, which allows communities to use its rich history as an element to strengthen its economy through foreign exchange flows.
He said he was contacted by the European Business Council, a body outside the interest of the IDB to promote a similar project in the town of Loreto, which would be based on promoting tourism in Baja Sureños missions.
Upon this the Coscyt initiated a series of presentations to state agencies that could support the realization of the project and the IDB are expected to allocate a budget of two million dollars for consolidation.
He said that the proposal is that the Coscyt dedicate a person to carry out the negotiations "and in September could be established agreements with institutions to join in this discussion of cultural tourism.
The architectural monuments available to Baja California South as churches and missions, he said, may represent an opportunity for the development of tourism activities that provide insights into the history of the state and country.
Coscyt director noted that, in addition, "it will strengthen the economy of communities, by generating resources poured vacationers who are interested in this type of points of interest."