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The mayor, Pilar Barreiro, met this morning with the President of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, in maintaining regular meetings to discuss issues related to the governance of the city and the region.

As subject matter, the mayor highlighted the agreement to start the process is declared Puerto Home Cartagena.

According Barreiro this statement would be a quantum leap in the current offer cruises, and would cease to be a port of scales and become a base port start and end of the cruise.

The agreement makes this initiative in a regional project that will work in both institutions, regional and local.

First we will commission a study to assess the possibilities, advantages and requirements necessary for the city to become a harbor cruise.

For Barreiro, Cartagena has experienced spectacular growth in cruise tourism in the last seven years, which tripled the number of scales and five, the cruise passengers.

Today Cartagena hosts some 90,000 cruise passengers a year, with a high average purchasing power much money left in the city.

The mayor has defended the regional nature of this project because cities that have this designation need a regional airport with capacity to attract international flights and infrastructures that bring tourists to the city.

The Home Port project have a significant impact for the city, in terms of hotel rooms, transportation, car rental and tourism-related services, said the Mayoress.

Barreiro added that cities that have this accreditation provide a quantum leap in its economy and further studies are to make the decisions necessary to achieve them.

The mayor pointed out that this project would not be possible without the effort that has been made in recent years to improve the city's offer and noted the main attractions that include the cruise, as the port is within the city, which has a lot of museums to visit, a wide pedestrian area Walking, cleanliness and good weather.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena