Municipal authorities of the Chubut town of Lake Puelo announced that this year the traditional National Forest Festival which is celebrated every February because The economic situation of the municipality “is complex” and they indicated instead they will carry out a Beer Festival “that practically self-finance“and will keep “the tourist aspect” of the call.
The mayor Ivan Fernandez explained in a press conference that “the situation of the municipality is complex, not only because of the financial reality that we have known since we took office in December, but also by the new expenses that are being faced solve multiple problems“.
“We know that The National Forest Festival is not an expenseis a investment for all the economic movement that it generates in the town, but it is an investment that today is not a priority“, said the mayor. And, he asserted: “We find the need to improve public services, for which we are generating an extra expense in renting vehicles, trucks and machinery; Now that is the priority.”
For his part, the Secretary of Communication, Press and Media, Martin Ruppelexplained to Télam that “in order not to leave the town without any type of summer festival, it was decided to hold a lowest cost partywhich is the Forest Beer Festivalin the spirit of National Forest Festivalbut smaller“.
“The reality is that today taking care of having a national holiday with the expense that this implies in artists, venue, stage, sound, the implementation of the plaza itself, is a lot of money“, explained the reference.
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In this sense, the Secretary of Culture and Sports of Lago Puelo, Sebastian Olivatold Télam that “holding the National Forest Festival has a high cost because the idea is to bring national artists so that the local public can access these types of bands for free.
“The option that was sought is a festival that practically self-financewhat is significantallows people to access a party and keep the tourist aspect contained so that visitors come to the town,” he noted. Olive.
At the end of the press conference, the mayor assured that this new festival has “a lot of expectationby bringing together local and area beer producers, with regional artists.”
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He Forest Beer Festival will be carried out between Friday 16th and Saturday 17th February in the Lago Puelo Central Plaza and will have a cultural microspace with two stages, one general and the other youth, where they will play regional and regional bandsin addition to a space with food trucks and beer trucks.
Lake Puelo is located at 163 kilometers from the city of Esquel already 134 kilometers from San Carlos de Bariloche and is recognized for its beautiful lake with turquoise watersa destination chosen by national and international tourists looking for serenity and the calm that provides the connection with nature.
Source: Ambito
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