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Overnight stays in the city hotels in Cartagena in 2013 exceeded 220,000 rooms, representing an increase of 13.4 percent from the rooms to these accommodations throughout the previous year, according to figures from the Survey of Employment Hotel of the Region of Murcia.

Cartagena is again the fastest growing urban destination in the region, whose average growth is 11 percent.

The survey also sheds posted better numbers in the urban destination of Cartagena, an increase of 18 percent above the regional average rating, which was 8.7 percent.

The Councillor for Tourism, Palazón Carolina, praised the increase in the number of rooms has been especially significant in the case of foreign residents, whose overnight stays increased by 28 percent, exceeding 47,000. According to these figures are foreigners and a fifth customers of the hotels in the city and this is a trend that we want to strengthen reaching foreign markets through tour operators, has pointed Palazón.

The survey data also indicate Occupancy increased overnight stays in La Manga and the Mar Menor, in which nearly 60,000 lodging overnight stays were recorded in 2012 and amounted to more than 1,265,000.

Palazón believes these figures will continue to rise in the coming months thanks to the work of the hoteliers and contacts management has led to European tourists.'s Objective is double because more travelers want to come, but above all, we want you to come throughout the year, has completed the councilor.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena