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Of the 255,000 tourists who have come to the centers of Puerto de Culturas, half were recorded in June and July August while city hotels occupations reached 75 percent and 90 percent in La Manga

Tourism in Cartagena continues to grow.

The Councillor for Tourism, Obdulia Gómez, has made ​​a positive assessment of the evolution of visitors and hotel occupancy registered the city and the La Manga.

And so far this year, the interpretation centers of Cartagena Port of Cultures have reached a figure of over 255,000 visitors, representing 6 percent more than in 2014. Over half of these visitors, some 131,000 were recorded during the months of June, July and August.

The centers has grown in the number of visitors have been the neighborhood of the Roman Forum with an annual growth of 18% and the Roman Theatre with 11%.

These museums are followed by the House of Fortune, the Castillo de la Concepcion and Fort Christmas.

55 percent of visitors to these centers are foreigners, increasing 4 percent.

Half of these foreigners are British, although visitors of French origin also have increased.

Meanwhile, domestic tourists who visit the centers more Cartagena, Port of Cultures, remain the communities of Madrid and Valencia, two of the areas where there has been a greater effort to promote, according to the mayor of tourism.

Cartagena Port of Cultures scheduled during the summer both daytime and nighttime activities, which has served to continue this trend by offering a program to address all audiences who visit Cartagena in summer.

OCCUPATION OF 75 AND 90 PERCENT

Hotel occupancy data available to the Department of Tourism are also halagüeños, since in the city during the months of July and August, reached levels of 75 percent, 15 percent more than in 2014.

In the area of La Manga, the occupation has come to be around 90 percent, especially in August.

UP OFFICE USERS Tura AGER

Also the municipal tourist information offices have found this increase in visitors during the months of July and August 4300 than in July last year and in August, 13,000.

The statistics also reveal information offices in the last four months (May, June, July and August) this increase came to 43 percent from 2014.

That has used the services of these offices have been foreigners, 70 percent, versus 20 percent of national and 2.5 percent of the Region of Murcia.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena