Salou, Spain pioneer in the creation of a Municipal Trade Center

Salou. Costa Dorada. Salou City Council has introduced the first Trade Center Municipal Statewide Spanish, a body created with the aim of being able to have a tool for analysis and management of commercial and business fabric of Salou. The observatory, a pioneer in Spain, has been driven by the council of Trade, Markets and Consumption of Ayuntamiento de Salou. For its part, the mayor of Salou, Pere Granados, has said that this initiative responds to the need to have a tool to determine the status and situation of local business, develop diagnoses and finally establish formulas and strategies for the promotion and guidance of the industry. Salou, Costa Dorada's capital, has a registered population of 27.500 inhabitants, although at certain times of year there were over 200.000 residents. Local trade is also a reflection of these population flows as trade Salou has both stable and running all year, as with seasonal establishments. In this sense, the councilman of Commerce, Peter Lavilla, believes that 'the Trade Center will help us learn the business model of the territory and to define more relevant promotional activities. " Councilman Peter Lavilla added that 'Salou need a tool like the Center to enable us to both the municipal government as the commercial sector, together, make decisions to attract tourism to purchase that is complementary to the sun and beach tourism' . The Municipal Trade Center of Salou is led by Jesus Antonio Marmol and is supported by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Empresa de la Generalitat de Catalunya, the Catalan Federation of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce of Tarragona, Rovira i Virgili University and the Association of Dealers 365 Days Salou.

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