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The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Javier Celdrán, held a meeting this morning with the new mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, who accompanied the Councilor for Tourism, Obdulia Gomez, in which they agreed to work for Implement a common strategy to increase the cost of cruise passengers in the city and achieve more wealth and generate employment by taking advantage of the work done by the Port Authority to attract more cruises each day.
Specifically, technicians from the Tourism Institute of the Region of Murcia and the Cartagena Puerto de Culturas consortium will study formulas that will improve the tourism and hospitality offer of the port city specialized in the cruise traveler, taking advantage of its rich heritage as an attraction to facilitate a Greater spending in bars, restaurants and shops.
Specifically, a complete profile of this tourist will be developed that will be offered to innkeepers and merchants so that they know their demands, what they are looking for and how to be able to make their stay in Cartagena more satisfactory, as well as increase their expense by finding products that are appropriate to their needs .
"In the last years the cultural, commercial and gastronomic offer has improved considerably, but we must continue innovating so that it continues increasing and adapting to the needs of the cruisers, fomenting that their disbursement is greater", indicated the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón.
Another common aspect of work between the Autonomous Community and the City of Cartagena is the promotion of diving tourism, counting the Costa Cálida with Cabo de Palos as one of its main complaints.
In addition to the more intense promotional efforts to raise awareness of the rich natural heritage of the Cabo de Palos-Islas Hormigas reserve and attract more visitors, we want to combine with an alternative offer for these travelers with other experiences, such as gastronomic or Linked to the visit and stay in Cartagena to know its heritage.
Another point of the meeting was to continue working on the value of heritage, with the Roman Theater and Museum as an example of successful experience of collaboration between administrations and other organizations, such as the CajaMurcia Foundation.
The councilor and mayor were appointed for further meetings to advance these actions and others, highlighting on both sides the work being done to recover the Mar Menor and the activities scheduled this summer in cultural matters, such as 'MiMarMenor3.30' or the Campaign of environmental awareness 'Naturally, Mar Menor', as well as those launched by the City, such as 'Hello summer'.
The mayor has taken advantage of the meeting to highlight the importance of the Festivities of Carthaginians and Romans, which have been declared of International Tourist Interest, as well as Holy Week.
"Both events deserve, given their importance not only regional but also national and international, greater support from the regional administration," said Castejón.
Also, the mayor has informed the counselor that work is being done to develop a Strategic Tourism Plan in Cartagena.
"The Local Tourism Council, which is a participatory consultative body in which the CARM should be integrated, has recently met for 30 years without doing so and, with the support of both administrations, Strategic plan, "said Ana Belén Castejón.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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