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The Councillor for Tourism, Javier Herrero, was pleased with the promotional campaign of the city that has taken place since the stand of the Murcia Region in the latest edition of Fitur, held last week in Madrid, ensuring that our city was present in each and every one of the campaigns offered by the region, such as cultural tourism, with our rich archaeological heritage, nature, with routes through protected areas, sun and sand, where we are the town with more beaches with the Q for quality, and water sports, with the celebration of the Med Cup

Taking advantage of the fair, also unveiled cartelanunciador Easter 2010 Cartagena, Cartagena art work of photographer Julian Contreras.

Remember that our processions are considered International Tourist Interest.

Now the goal is, once the Auditorium and Convention Center is completed, Cartagena work to make a 'City Conference. "

This, according to Smith, also will increase the number of overnight stays and thus solve one of our weaknesses, to get the tourists fill the hotels in the city.

The head of Tourism at the City Hall municipal recalled the commitment by the national promotion through radio, television and newspapers and in magazines and distribution of air transport equipment (Iberia, Air Nostrum) and terrestrial ( Renfe, Taxi Magazine).

Javier Herrero statements have occurred in the context of the press conference which has provided the media to answer the criticisms made by the spokesperson of the socialist municipal group, Charity Rives on data relating to tourism provided by the mayor last Friday.

Smith has reiterated the accuracy of these data, ensuring that the actual number of people who have visited the centers of Cartagena, Port of Culturasdurante 2009 has increased by 18% over the previous year, from 276,567 visitors in 2008 to 327,037 in 2009.

In addition, the center has been the most visited Roman Theatre Museum, with 136,764 people who have gone through it last year, becoming the most visited museum in the Region of Murcia.

Another fact highlighted by the councilman of Tourism is that since they opened the first interpretation of Cartagena, Puerto de Culturas, in 2003, 1,464,443 have been through them tourists, with the challenge of achieving in the near two million visitors.

And all this must be added good prospects elsector cruise, with about 100,000 tourists, 42% more than last year.

Javier Herrero, the data we can quantify and therefore we are the people who buy a ticket to visit places of Puerto de Culturas, but there are many more tourists, not just those who stay, but those arriving in cruise visitors to other museum in the city as the archetype, or simply walk and get into the shops.

Therefore, Smith has asked the spokesman socialist opposition to stop doing what they do well and act with more rigor.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena