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The Community supports the enhancement of the racetrack of Cartagena as a resource tourist attraction (21/01/2015)

The Minister of Industry, Tourism, Enterprise and Innovation, Juan Carlos Ruiz, said this morning that "the racetrack of Cartagena is a resource tourist attraction that has the Region of Murcia, both for visitors from Spain and other countries Europe ".

Ruiz made the remarks during his visit to this circuit where, he recalled, "have run some of the best riders in the world, as Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel."

The head of Tourism said that "we must add value to the resources at our disposal and transmit to professionals and amateurs in Cartagena is a great circuit at its disposal".

In this regard, officials moved the counselor circuit that during 2014 a total of 6,842 pilots visited the facility, a sports tourism generated 24,000 overnight stays in hotels in the area.

In this regard, Ruiz appreciated "This hotel occupancy was mainly occur in the winter months, contributing to the seasonal".

He also noted that most of the customers of the circuit are foreigners, mainly from Britain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, France and Eastern Europe ".

The company also informed the head of Tourism that this facility is number one in Spain in days of occupation, exceeding 200 days a year.

The visit coincided with the beginning counselor training a group of one hundred English fans who remain housed in Cartagena for four days.

In addition, those responsible for the racetrack indicated that five drivers competing in the World Championship Moto 2 use this circuit in winter, as the high performance center.

The racetrack of Cartagena was put into operation in 1994 by a group of motor racing fans who wanted the region to have such a circuit to organize sprinting entrepreneurs.

Source: CARM

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