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The regional government spokesman and Minister of Culture, Noelia Arroyo, stressed that "in so far this year the Roman Theatre has received 11.8 percent more visitors than in the same period of 2014."
The regional government spokesman, Noelia Arroyo, stressed today that "good management and work have allowed the Roman Theatre in Cartagena and its museum have been visited from January to September a total of 145,678 people, 11.8 percent more than in the same period of 2014, and it became the most visited museum in the region of Murcia and one of the most visited in Spain ".
Noelia Arroyo, stressing that "this is a historic year regarding the number of visitors", was speaking after a meeting of the Roman Theatre Foundation of Cartagena, which was chaired by the head of Murcia, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, and of the Commonwealth, the City of Cartagena and Cajamurcia Foundation.
During 2015, 50.2 percent of the visitors were mainly from Spanish Valencia, Madrid, Andalusia, Catalonia and Murcia.
49.8 percent of foreigners who visited the Museum and Roman theater, 42 percent were English, German 9 percent, 9 percent French, Russian 2 percent and 18 percent in the United States.
Since opening in 2008, the museum has over a million visitors (1,072,633).
So far this year, besides the increase in the number of visitors, there has also been an increase in users of the services offered as a complement to the museum, among which are courses and library.
The museum also online here recorded an increase in visits to its Web 9.5 percent.
The Minister of Culture and Spokesman also referred to perform surveys to measure the degree of satisfaction of visitors, reflecting that this is very high, and giving it a score of 4.5 out of 5 points.
The regional official said all this data, "we must be very proud and congratulate the team working at the Museum" and at the same time, "continue to work so that there is greater public-private collaboration and the theater continues to grow."
National promotion through a documentary series
Noelia Arroyo said the Roman Theatre in Cartagena will be starring in the documentary series 'Roman Engineering', co-produced by TVE and in collaboration with the Integra Foundation, the issue "will be an opportunity to raise awareness, disseminate and promote the city of Cartagena and one of our great heritage jewels. "
This documentary series will air beginning this Saturday, October 24 at 17:00 pm in La 2 of TVE.
The inclusion therein of the Roman Theatre in Cartagena is the result of the management of the Foundation and the Community, as Pedro Antonio Sanchez announced in 2014, he signed a collaboration agreement with the producer 'DIGIVISION' for the production of a documentary of Roman engineering which include the Roman Theatre in Cartagena.
Likewise, the spokesman said point out the agenda of the Board a new arrangement of public-private partnerships, for which the Iberdrola Foundation will contribute 18,000 euros to the Museum and Roman Theatre in Cartagena to contribute to its activities.
Source: CARM
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