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Summer has served to consolidate the trend of a year when more tourists arrive to Cartagena, who stay longer and spend more money.

This was highlighted this morning the Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, to take stock of the summer.

Before the first mayor met with responsible tourism area to evaluate the data obtained during the campaign, as the councilors of Culture, Rosario Montero, Tourism, Palazón Carolina, and director of the Museum of the Roman Theater, Elena Ruiz, and Manager of Cartagena Port of Cultures, Agustina Martinez.

The number of visitors to the museums of the city network so far this year has grown to 240,655, representing an increase of 7%. Specifically, a total of 126.261 people visited our city during the months of June, July and August, keeping the number of visitors throughout the year.

These clients network Port of Cultures bought 10% more visitors than last year, 363,524 tickets.

This represents a 25% increase in average spending per tourist.

Our city is already a tourist destination brand, quality and shows that half of the visits occurred during off-season and has grown tourism that fails cruise, stressed Tuesday the mayor. Tourists no longer only come to Cartagena for its sun and beaches, but also by the archaeological heritage in recent years that have been working, he added.

In addition, the mayor stressed that we see more and more tourists choose Cartagena and that is the result of promotional campaigns that have spent years doing through media, media and fairs of all types and with the collaboration of different sectors such as hospitality and trade.

The Roman Theatre continues to grow in number of visitors, 51,821, 16% more this summer, and there have been significant figures as the visitors Augusteum 2715, following the renewal of their surroundings, or more than 16,500 visitors who received the Neighborhood of the Roman Forum.

MÃ S RUSSIAN AND GERMAN

60% of us are foreign visitors, an increase of 3%, half of them British, but has also increased in recent months the presence of Germans and Russians in our city.

Two nationalities over which the City is working with the development of materials in their languages ​​and contacts to promote tourism.

The national origins are headed by people from the communities of Madrid and Valencia, two of the areas where there has been a greater effort to promote.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena