The Foundation of the Roman Theatre today revised results Tuesdays Museum, for which they have been, so far this year, 77,902 people, which are already 842,982 visitors have come to the archaeological site since it opened its doors in July 2008, making it the most visited in the Region
The Roman Theatre Museum opened in July 2008, and from then until June of this year 2014, there are now 842,982 people who have visited a number that in the last year going in crescendo, as in the first half The number of visitors has reached 77,902, 10% more than the same period last year 2013.
This has been reflected in the meeting Tuesday that the foundation of the Roman Theatre which was held at the Palace Hall, presided over by the Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, who emphasized that e hese data shows that it is the most visited museum in the Murcia and one of the most visited in Spain.
We have also detected continued Barreiro, an increase of visitors from those places where the council is doing more tourism promotion in the case of Madrid, Valencia, Catalonia and Andalusia, as well as the number of visitors from the United States, 16 percent, which is fine, and they are those normally come in cruise.
Another prominent figure by the mayor has been the rise in the number of people who have been taking advantage of the Roman Theatre in Cartagena who were the occasion of the congresses held in El Batel.
This shows that the site remains a cornerstone of the archaeological and cultural heritage of Cartagena.
As to continue working to bring to light our rich heritage, Pilar Barreiro has been clear, we are always looking for companies to finance cultural projects, but also need to go ahead and Sponsorship Act is very important for companies to get involved .
Here things have been set up thanks to the contributions of foundations and businesses.
Not only the number of visitors is important, but so is the satisfaction thereof, and this has been demonstrated by the Certificate of Excellence from Tripadvisor has achieved the Roman Theatre in 2014, thanks to comments from visitors , achieving a rating of 4.5 out of 5 points.
In its effort to continue in this line, the mayor pointed out that the Museum already has prepared an extensive program of activities for this summer, highlighting dedicated to Emperor Augustus in the year that the two thousandth anniversary of his death is commemorated with guided tours and dramatized, night tours, family activities, temporary exhibitions and a summer course in collaboration with the UPCT you entitled classical heritage, tangible and intangible heritage.
Typology A VISITOR
They paying attention to the data that shed from January to June 2014, specifically with respect to the type of visitors and their origin, 70 percent are Spanish and 30 percent foreigners, and of these, by origin, first place is occupied by the United Kingdom (42%), followed by Americans (15%), Germany and France in the same number (9% each) and Russian (3%), while the other 22% is divided between countries around the world.
It also provided data on whether visits were made ​​individually or in groups, highlighting the increased volume of the first, 63%, compared to the groups, the remaining 37%.
Most of the latter is about student visits, 41%, and groups of seniors, 31%, followed by the programmed travel agencies and cruise up to 18%, and the rest are partnerships or visits institutions (8%) and families or groups of friends (2%).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena