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The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, believes that l a city for tourism will continue to grow this year having great expectations.
Barreiro, found Thursday in FITUR advantage is the Day of the Region of Murcia at the Fair, believed to Cartagena has been established as an attractive and innovative tourist destination thanks to all the work that has been done and archaeological recovery promotion.
Tourism has become economic activity in the town and vitality allow the services sector continues to grow strongly, added the mayor, who recalled that 2014 340.000 visitors closed in Puerto de Culturas up 7% and an increase in two years in overnight stays in hotels in the city of 25%.
Barreiro stressed that signs of economic recovery will contribute to further increasing tourist arrivals both foreign and domestic ¿.The mayor alluded to increased arrival of cruise ships in the port of Cartagena has become a gateway for tourism in the Region with 140,000 cruise passengers and one of the most emerging of Spain.
Next to heritage tourism and cruise, Cartagena remains the most distinctive Spanish town with its beaches which recognizes the efforts of the City for watching the sun and beach tourism, added the first municipal authority.
Remember the 12 Q tourist quality distinctions awarded to the beaches of Cartagena litorla.
Finally the mayor pointed out the position that it has acquired as a congress city Cartagena in 2014 58 meetings were held with 9,000 congressmen numbers that guarantee the high expectations of the city as a venue for conferences.
In this sense he made ​​mention of the III Winter Cruising Forum held a few days where cited major shipping and cruise companies in the world and the upcoming National Congress of Professional Congress Organizers ago.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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