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Sea of ​​Music, Carnival, hiking routes, diving areas, Easter and Carthaginians and Romans, protagonists of the Cartagena stand at FITUR (18/01/2019)

Next week, from Wednesday 23 to Sunday 27 January, the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) is held in Madrid, at the Ifema.

All the Autonomous Communities are finalizing the preparations and the programming that they are going to offer to the assistants in order to get tourists to visit their cities and generate income.

The Region of Murcia, which received 5.7 million tourists last year, will not be left behind and is preparing its heavy artillery.

In the case of Cartagena, it has increased with respect to 2017, a 17.82%.

Therefore, the Department of Tourism of the City of Cartagena has decided to promote at the stand of the Region of Murcia La Mar de Músicas Festival, the draq queen of Carnival, hikers routes, diving areas, Holy Week, and , the Carthaginians and Romans, among others, to attract new tourists.

"In 2018, the La Mar de Músicas Festival celebrated its most multitudinous edition, with an attendance of more than 47,000 people.As a novelty, for this year, to celebrate its 25th anniversary, the guest country and the poster will be announced for the first time. during the stand that will be in FITUR on Wednesday, the 23rd, starting at 12:30 o'clock "has been announced by Ana Belén Castejón, mayor of Cartagena.

During Carnival, the Drag-Queen National Contest "Ciudad de Cartagena" is celebrated, one of the most beloved activities by the public and this year celebrates its fourth edition.

To promote this contest, the mayor of Cartagena has said that it can not advance much, but that what is going to be offered at the stand will be "surprising, attractive and that will not leave anyone indifferent because with this contest It gives the opportunity to the drag queen to show that the Cartagena Carnival is the best and it has to be declared of National Tourist Interest ".

Also, the Holy Week of Cartagena and the most important festival of the city, the Carthaginians and Romans, will be promoted, declared International Tourist Interest in 2017. "With the Carthaginians and Romans we are going to invade and tell all of Spain that we have a Festival of Interest International Tourist, that tell our History and we will continue evacuating, conquering and attracting new tourists ".

CARTAGENA PORT OF CULTURES

On the morning of January 23, Cartagena de Culturas has organized a meeting with professionals and entrepreneurs from the tourism sector to promote congress tourism, where information leaflets will be distributed.

CARTAGENA IN TURESPAÑA

Another novelty is that after many years Cartagena, from 3:00 pm, will be present at the Turespaña stand, one of the most important of the fair at national and international level.

According to Ana Belén Castejón, thanks to this "you can teach Cartagena's potential to the rest of Spain".

In addition, the gastronomy of Cartagena will have a prominent role in this tourist fair.

Attendees can taste local products such as explorers, cheeses from La Yerbera, wines from Viña Galtea or Asian coffee.

THE LESSER SEA AND THE NATURE TOURISM

Nature tourism is one of the assets that Cartagena will play during the International Tourism Fair in Madrid.

The good weather, the two marine reserves of Cabo de Palos-Hormigas Islands and that of Cabo Tiñoso and hiking routes will be promoted on the stand.

"Under the slogan 'My Treasure is nature', a video will be screened about the multiple possibilities offered by this environment for the practice of sports and adventure tourism" said the mayor of Cartagena thanking the involvement of the Department of Sports and the Club of Excusionists of Cartagena.

On January 24, the City of Cartagena along with other municipalities of riverbanks promote the tourism of the Mar Menor as "a preferred tourist destination of sun and beach and a natural enclave for the practice of water sports."

In addition, FITUR will announce the construction of a hotel in the Mar Menor that has served to "revitalize the area and help consolidate the area as a destination for water sports."

In addition it is going to announce the new pamphlet of the Department of Tourism on the coasts of Cartagena under the name "My treasure is the sea".

A very visual brochure that tourists can find in Spanish, English and French.

The Councilor for Tourism of Cartagena, David Martinez, stressed that the goal is "to deseasonalize the coastal towns, promote water sports such as diving and show hiking routes and defensive architecture."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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