The program director of the Training Center "Quinte Dragon Boat" of Ontario (Canada) has traveled tourist and sports facilities of the town during last week
Responsible Canadian club "Quinte Dragon Boat" have visited the municipality of San Pedro del Pinatar as a possible destination for preseason.
The Councillor for Tourism, Antonio Garcia Zapata, has been the director of programs for this training center, Pat Bradley, who has shown interest in bringing San Pedro del Pinatar equipment athletes to train in low season, taking advantage of the unique facilities of the Centre Nautical Activities, location and climate of this area.
Bradley has extensive experience organizing training for athletes of Canadian and British Dragon Boat, what brought you to find in this town of Mar Menor a new location with an enviable average temperature in winter, capacity and range of accommodation and cultural and leisure nearby attractive offer.
In collaboration with the Sports Pinatarense Association, the Department of Tourism has offered a visit to the Regional Park of Salinas and different promotional material in English, pending subsequent communications that the relations between Canadian training center will be promoted and Pinatarense Sports Association.
Meanwhile, Antonio García, has offered cooperation from management to streamline activities leading to a positive impact on the local economy and boost traffic to and staying in the municipality.
The Dragon Boat is an ancient sport that is practiced in a manner similar to a canoe, with head and tail of a dragon, in which 12, 22 or 52 paddlers join forces to push it, guided by the drumbeat boat.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar