A year Cartagena has a rendezvous with the International Tourism Fair.
From 20 to 24 January, Cartagena take the Madrid Ifema Pavilion in this 36th edition of FITUR, various attractions of the town among which highlight the promotion of its archaeological heritage as visits to the Roman Theatre and other tourist products Port of Cultures offers as the deposits of the Roman Forum, the Augusteum, Fort Christmas, Medieval Castle of the Conception and interpretation center, shelter of the Civil War, panoramic elevator or Punic Wall.
Cartagena, in the stand of the Institute of Tourism of the Region of Murcia, may announce its range of sites in the most important commercial and tourist event of the year in our country which brings together more than one hundred countries around the world .
Another attraction that Cartagena promoted in FITUR will commemorate the Year of Modernism in Cartagena in 2016, coinciding with the centenary of the opening of the Grand Hotel, devoting part of the promotion to buildings and structures, culture and modern architecture of the city.
The mayor of Cartagena, Jose Lopez, and Deputy Mayor, Ana Belen Castejon, asisitirán with the mayors of Tourism, Obdulia Gomez and Celebration, Juan Pedro Torralba, this quote to close trade agreements and attract tourists to Cartagena and visitors can enjoy the hotels and other attractions of the town.
Mayor Jose Lopez, accompanied by a representation of the Board of Guilds of Cartagena, will be responsible for presenting the poster of Easter 2016, declared of International Tourist Interest.
The mayor of Tourism has highlighted in this space reserved at FITUR, Cartagena also include the representation of parties Carthaginians and Romans and promotional materials of other attractions like the Long Trail hiking route of the GR-92 Route Carabineros¿ , the Carnival 2016 to be held from January 30 to February 9 and the artistic programming of the Apollo Theater and El Algar.
OTHER BUSINESS
The Councillor for Tourism, Obdulia Gómez, wanted to settle the controversy over the absence of Cartagena in the list of free guided tours of the Institute of Tourism.
Gomez noted that the application was filed in a timely manner and that the technicians of the Department were in contact at all times with the technicians of Tourism of the Region of Murcia.
As indicated by the mayor, the first published notice Cartagena did not appear in the list but in an attached document footer, which contained the 26 participating municipalities of the initiative, prompting confusion in the media and complaints the Cartagena tourism sector.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena