Council of Tourism and Archaeological Sites of Totana, Agustín and Immaculate Gonzalo Martinez Blazquez, today attended the XXXVI International Tourism Fair (FITUR) which, as every year, held in Madrid and home to major developments in the sector worldwide .
The deputies know first hand the range of activities carried Commonwealth Tourism Services Espuña, in which the municipality is integrated, and learned initiatives and projects to implement them in Totana.
The 45 municipalities in the region are represented at Fitur with products like Easter, Carnival, various regional festivals, sun and beach tourism, nature and sports and gastronomy
The autonomous region has presented globally Easter in the region, with three of them (Murcia, Cartagena and Lorca) declared of International Tourist Interest, which is an excellent example of what provides the cultural, artistic, ethnographic heritage Murcia and sentimental.
He has performed as a preferred cultural destination for a unique holiday experience at Easter.
The holy week of Cartagena, Lorca and Murcia have the declaration of International Tourist Interest;
those of Cieza, Jumilla and Mula, the National Tourist Interest;
and Sewer, Alhama de Murcia, Archena, Calasparra, Moratalla, La Union, San Pedro del Pinatar, and Totana Yecla, the Regional Tourist Interest.
In addition, they also have national recognition Night Mula drums, and regional Procession of Christ of the Miners Union and Tamborada Moratalla.
The president of the Community, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, presented at the International Tourism Fair of Madrid 'The Way of the Cross of Caravaca' and his upcoming Jubilee Year, a strategic project that will be a before and after for the region;
and in which event was attended by the mayors of Totana.La Community is reaching agreements with regions such as Aragon to Murcia is from Caravaca, or there, one of the points of 'Temple Road' by the Levante, which allowing traveling convents, churches and castles related to the history of the Knights Templar also deeply rooted in Caravaca de la Cruz.
In the Stad in the region was presented today in the commemoration of the Day of the Region of Murcia, the project 'The Way of the Cross of Caravaca' and holding her next Jubilee Year (2017), with which the Region "will have a different and differentiated tourism offer permanent, quality," as well as "new opportunities for job creation.
'The Way of the Temple' also happen for other municipalities, like Caravaca de la Cruz, have an architectural and historical heritage linked to the Knights Templar, so cities like Murcia, Jumilla, Bullas and Cehegín, among others would have a leading role.
The presentation of the 'Way of the Cross of Caravaca', joins the initiative 'Murcia, sporting destination all year', which was presented yesterday with 'Easter in the Region of Murcia, which includes celebrations of Murcia, Cartagena and Lorca, or also 'Culture and Tourism desestacionalizador effect in the region of Murcia.
'Puerto Lumbreras, Star City', 'San Pedro del Pinatar, salty paradise' tourism campaign City of Lorca, the 'photocall' Ciudad de Murcia, the various regional festivals or Eagles Carnival and Cabeza de Torres also are protagonists in this edition of Fitur, which is also promoted Murcia gastronomy with different tastings of typical products.
All with the aim of promoting tourism in the region of Murcia and to continue to grow tourist arrivals, as reflected by the latest available data at the end of November 2015, which in 2015 produced a 3.5 percent rise in domestic tourism (143,000 more tourists) and close to 2 percent in international (12,000 more tourists).
It is anticipated that the final data at the end of 2015 are around 155,000 tourists more than in 2014. In addition, last year the best thing affiliation tour historical series was achieved.
