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Pilar Barreiro has made positive assessment of the impact of tourism Easter in Cartagena, primarily by the success of the campaigns that have been previously made in Madrid, Valencia and Catalonia
The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, today met with the mayors of Culture and Tourism, Rosario Montero and Carolina Palazón, meeting which was also attended by the Harbour Cultural manager, Agustina Martinez, director of the Museum of the Roman Theatre , Elena Ruiz, to take stock of Easter and its impact in terms of tourism in the city.
And the balance, according to the mayor, could not be better, the result is gorgeous, with a rise of 18 per cent of visitors to the centers of tourist interpretation of Puerto de Culturas, and a very significant fact, that is the increase in tourists from places where we have made ​​a greater effort to promote, such as Madrid and Valencia and Castilla La Mancha and Castilla León.
Thus, of the 15,511 people who visited during Holy Week, 8,686 were domestic tourists, 2 6% more than last year, which was 6,864.
The greatest increase has been in the levant and so that 23% of domestic tourists came from Valencia (compared to 13% in 2013) and 11% of Catalonia (last year was 3%).
Meanwhile, Castilla La Mancha have gone from 1% last year to 3 percent today.
Data also highlight the tourists who visited from other parts of the Region of Murcia, 33 percent.
As for foreign tourists, the percentage has risen to 38% of the visitors, representing an increase of 12 percentage points compared to 2013.
Finally, another fact to consider is that of the care provided in tourist information in the city, which has also increased the number of people served, from 4,982 in 2013-6634 in 2014.
All this ensured Barreiro, shows that municipal services have worked well during the Easter holidays, as have also recognized the guilds and therefore the city is ready to welcome visitors.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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