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The City Council will increase the subsidy for Carthaginians and Romans on the occasion of their declaration as parties of International Tourist Interest.
This was announced by the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, during the presentation of the promotional material and the new website of these parties.
An act that has taken place in the month of August, and not in September as usual, since it is wanted to make a promotion campaign in the municipalities of coast of the Region in the month that more people of all Spain visit them, has Explained the president of the Federation of Troops and Legions, Jose Antonio Mecca.
The festival program and poster will be published this year in English, French and German, as well as in Spanish.
Mecca has considered incompatible the declaration of international tourist interest and "that the promotional material is still being edited in a single language".
That is why 20,000 programs will be distributed in Spanish and another 20,000 in the other three languages.
Programs have a "manageable format" divided into two parts.
On the one hand official acts for days and hours, and on the other: a map of the festive camp, cultural activities, organized in coordination with other groups that will start on August 24;
Sporting and solidarity activities, among which he wished to emphasize the intention that 100 to 150 festeros donate blood and marrow in the Hospital Virgen del Rosell;
And, as an outstanding novelty, 'The Hills of Qart Hadast and Hispanic Fasti'.
The latter are activities that will be developed throughout the day in the Plaza de San Francisco, Plaza España and El Corte Ingles.
The initiative is the result of a survey among citizens in which many indicated they would like to have more day events in the city.
That's why there will be children's games, gastronomic events, concerts, cocktails and food trucks.
"It seeks to take the parties to the street and make them much more popular," said the president of the Federation.
Among the official events, Mecca wanted to highlight some novelties such as the preacher in the center of the city, which will start the holidays and that will be held from noon Friday, September 15.
That same day the sacred fire will not reach the port, but will be in the Roman Theater, and there will be one of the acts of ignition in the newly opened Temple of Isis.
On Wednesday 20 the emphasis has been placed on activities for children, prior to non-school Thursday, also full of activities for the youngest, which is intended to be maintained in the next few years.
"The future of the parties are the children, and if we take care of them we will end up without these wonderful parties," said the president of the parties.
It has also indicated that in all events has sought an improvement in the spectacular, increasing the number of specialists and pyrotechnics.
An increase that will become evident in the fireworks of end of celebrations, indicated Mecca, since this year has doubled the amount of powder that will be burned that day.
After the brief presentation of the programming, still open to modifications, it was David Palomares' turn to present the website of the parties of which he is the author.
It is a "more dynamic and modern" website, with a video in the header of the main page, "a cleaner design with more white and readable fonts".
It also seeks to have a living structure that can be renewed and expanded easily, which is intended to include live broadcasts of different events and will be published the news of the holidays in the blog that is incorporated.
The page is already fully operational, although some details such as the history of some troops and legions or the translation into English are missing.
It can be consulted in the cartaginesesyromanos.es link
Castejón has recalled the importance of these holidays for the city, now that they are of International Tourist Interest.
A recognition of its quality and peculiarity, also the result of the work of many people over a long time, which has been the reason that many populations have imitated the model of the holidays, "which is an indicator that something was done well ", Has considered.
The mayor has indicated that this statement is not a goal that allows relaxation, but a motive for responsibility and involvement that is reflected in a program sufficiently attractive to demonstrate to the world that the feasts of Carthaginians and Romans are worthy of this statement .
"The growth of our holidays is beneficial for our whole municipality both for the tourists it attracts and for the high value of income it supposes for the local economy," said the mayor before making public the commitment to increase the municipal subsidy .
The mayor has also stressed the need for the Government of the Autonomous Community to collaborate with these parties, a collaboration that has not been reflected economically for years, she recalled.
"It is not enough to take a picture and tell us that they love these parties," declared the mayoress, "I want to receive the festeros to announce that they have a budget of the Autonomous Community of Murcia."
CONVENTION WITH HOSTECAR
After the press conference, a collaboration agreement between Hostecar and the Federation of Troops and Legions has been signed in the council room so that the hotel organization can advise on the training that is needed among the staff working in the huts of the festive camp.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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