The Institute of Promotion of the Region of Murcia today presented in San Javier a study on the business opportunities offered by the nautical sector, within the regional program Franca de Entrepreneurship, which identifies the nautical sport and the Mar Menor as a Of the outstanding deposits for the implementation of new business models in the municipality of San Javier.
The director of INFO, Joaquín Gómez and the mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo inaugurated the day in which the study was presented which concludes with an open battery of 22 business ideas including a Boat Hostel, sports theme accommodation Nautical, the development of systems of tracking of regattas, or a company of commercial staff specialized in the nautical sector.
The study, developed by the European Business and Innovation Center in Cartagena, proposes other ideas such as a collaborative platform for navigation, a Team Building company with nautical activities for company teams, a specialized social network for nautical sportsmen , A Water Sports Center for sliding sports, SUP (Paddel surf) & Health Water Center, or a company offering active experience activities, such as a day on a fishing boat.
A dry marina, storage of nautical equipment, an active nautical tourism agency, or nautical ecotourism, are other ideas of possible business presented in the day attended by businessmen and professionals related to the tourism and sports sector, as well as Entrepreneurs and interested people.
The study figures in 200 million euros the billing of nautical sport in the Region of Murcia compared to the 6,000 it generates in the country as a whole.
It also foresees that in the next 5 years the 10,600 vessels existing in the Region will be doubled.
The nautical tourist spends 10% more than the rest, is young and tends to rent in front of the property.
The existence of the Mar Menor "the best race course in Europe", the climate, the landscape, the gastronomy and the culture are the main strengths to bet on the sector whose main weaknesses are the seasonality and the delay that the sector has with With respect to other autonomous communities.
The Entrepreneurial Free Zone program includes a guide phase with entrepreneurs that includes all types of advice for the successful implementation of the business idea presented by stakeholders, jointly between INFO and the City of San Javier, with the Collaboration of the School of Industrial Organization, EOI, through which a space of co-working will be developed to help entrepreneurs, explained INFO director Joaquín Gómez.
The mayor of San Javier José Miguel Luengo encouraged "to believe that the Mar Menor is a great resource that through the nautical sport can generate employment throughout the year."
Luengo thanked the collaboration of INFO to influence "in what is capital for the City of San Javier in its work to generate wealth and jobs."
Luengo recalled that the municipality of San Javier is the one with the lowest unemployment rate in the area, "a fact that needs to be further improved with initiatives such as the Free Trade Zone and the courses for entrepreneurs and recycling companies already installed that are Are doing in the municipality through INCYDE, the Foundation of the Chambers of Commerce of Spain.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier