September 2024

The SICTED Altea Improvement Group met on Wednesday, September 19 at the facilities of the Altea Yacht Club, in its second ordinary session, with the aim of sharing improvements in the destination. This has been announced by the mayor of Tourism, Xelo González.
The improvement groups of the SICTED model are discussion and debate groups in which the different agents involved in tourism activity and in the SICTED model participate for the identification, proposal and implementation of improvements in the destination.
During the session, the destination managers, Pepi Durá and Ana Pérez, announced Altea's candidacies for the SICTED 2025 Awards in two categories: SICTED destination improvement project with the initiative "Get to know the products and gastronomy of Altea" and in the Best SICTED Destination category; a category to which Altea has been invited to present itself as it is, in 2023, number 8 in the ranking nationwide.

The Councilor for Tourism, Xelo González, thanked "the effort and dedication of the companies of Altea betting on quality and continuous improvement". He also thanked the Altea Yacht Club for the use of its facilities.
"In 2023, Altea's project to improve accessibility with pictograms won third prize at the national level and we are happy that, from the beginning, the improvement groups have always been committed to accessibility and sustainability," said González.
For his part, the Councilor for Commerce, Jose Maria Borja once again encouraged Altean companies to be part of the SICTED program in the 2025 edition. "Among the advantages of the SICTED program are the improvement in quality, the increase in the visibility of the business, continuous training, as well as official recognition at the national level." Borja specified, who indicated that the SICTED managers provide more information to interested parties through the email turismo@altea.es .