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The Director General of Tourism, Marina Garcia, and the director general of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity, Pablo Fernandez, along with the mayor of Pliego, Isabel Toledo, today introduced the project "Feasibility Study and Plan of Pliego Simas' as a product tourism and the 'Conservation and regular access of the Sima de la Higuera. "

Marina Garcia stressed that the town of Pliego "is making an effort to increase tourism and, in particular, have become urban upgrading interventions, recovery and beautification of heritage sites, tourist signage, network adequacy and viewpoints water route. "

The tourism director added that "the creation of this new tourism product, related to the enhancement of the caverns, add a distinct and attractive targets a specialized audience that would also find opportunities for leisure activities based on cultural and heritage resources of zone. "

For its part, Pablo Fernandez stated that the actions carried out at the Sima de la Higuera, covering aspects such as cleaning the cavity, imaging topography and layout of course, "will make the visits are carried out orderly and without damaging the important geomorphic values within. "

The Sima de la Higuera, with its 5,500 meters longitudinal development, houses a complex of galleries with karst formations of scientific interest at international level, among which stand out for their spectacular ones located in the Paradise Room.

The technical difficulties presented by this cavity is another major attraction, so that athletes and researchers from around the world with expertise in such activities will have access to known after the prospecting and interior fittings.

Pilot projects in the Region

To do this, you will implement a management system and standards for the regulation of visits based on the principles of sustainable caving, which will be a pilot in the Region of Murcia from which to drive new opportunities for the development of active tourism to respect the fragility of some underground systems that have taken thousands of years to form.

Previous research in the Sima del Almez have highlighted the environmental importance of this cavity at European level, being a breeding ground and refuge for species of bats included in European Directives, as their primary vocation is the study and the protection of these species as unknown as beneficial to natural systems and the development of awareness raising for conservation.

In parallel, provides for other actions to raise awareness of the heritage values of these pits and their environment for visitors, by creating specific facilities to promote the understanding of the processes and environmental conditions that characterize and practical approach to caving.

To coordinate the actions envisaged in the Plan, promote the establishment of a monitoring committee to actively participate in the government representatives, research organizations and sports organizations involved.

Source: CARM