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The aim is to take full advantage of the potential of the area and attract a greater number of visitors and companies through initiatives that include proposals from all sectors
The Community will promote the Port of Cartagena to boost tourism, culture, commerce and the business sector of the Region of Murcia.
This was announced today by regional government spokeswoman Noelia Arroyo, following the meeting she held with the president of the Port Authority, Antonio Sevilla, and the directors responsible for these areas, with the aim of promoting a common strategy that includes proposals of all sectors that allow to take full advantage of the potential of the area and attract more visitors and investors.
"The regional government has a very clear objective: to consolidate the Port of Cartagena to develop the potential of commerce, tourism and culture of the city of Cartagena and as the main showcase for the Region," said Arroyo.
In this regard, the spokeswoman said that both the Community and the Port Authority agree on the need to develop "an ambitious strategic plan to boost and develop the area that allows Cartagena and the Region to highlight within the current scenario, increasingly competitive , and gain the confidence of future visitors. "
"We have to go more, add all the economic development opportunities for the Region of Murcia that Cartagena offers us through the port, give life to all Cartagena people to feel proud and open to all the opportunities it offers for the Region" "he added.
Therefore, they agreed on the need to promote new lines to facilitate the companies of the Region to settle in the port environment and to take advantage of all their possibilities, as well as their use as an import / export port, to increase their competitiveness.
"The Port of Cartagena is the port of the Region of Murcia, and represents a great growth opportunity for all companies in the Region," said Arroyo.
Strategic place
The strategy involves boosting the economic activity of the area and giving greater prominence to the esplanade of the port that, once completed the reform works, is a suitable place for the development of commercial and cultural initiatives that serve as a showcase both to spread the heritage as the local commerce, as well as to make known products and crafts of the whole Region.
"This is a strategic place for which we must bet to show the full potential of the Region, which can offer diverse services to both the citizen and the tourist," said the spokeswoman, who stressed "the great work that is is taking place from the Port Authority to attract more tourists each day, placing the region and, more specifically Cartagena, as an ideal destination for cruise passengers for its cultural, commercial and gastronomic offer.
In fact, the forecast for the Port of Cartagena in 2017 is a 25 percent increase in the number of cruise passengers, which goes from 180,000 to 230,000, and has been chosen by cruise passengers as one of the five best Western Mediterranean destinations in the 'Cruise Critic Cruisers' Choice Destination Awards'.
Arroyo said that in the most important tourism fairs in the world, the World Travel Market in London and the ITB in Berlin, the Region of Murcia will be present with this initiative.
"The most relevant project to be presented at these fairs is the Port of Cartagena," he said.
During the meeting they also proposed to encourage the value of the heritage, with the Roman Theater and Museum as an example of a successful experience of collaboration between administrations and of these with other private entities, and expand the offer of excursions currently offered to cruisers throughout the region.
Thus, it was decided to value the cultural offer along with other destinations of nature, sport and gastronomy, adapted to different profiles and with the aim of retaining the visitor with a wide variety of proposals.
Source: CARM
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