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The presence of visitors has increased over previous years.
Andalusians, Valencians and Madrilenians are the most present among the nationals, while French, British, German and Belgian have been the most represented in international tourism that has increased by 23%
The Councilor for Tourism of the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, made a balance of the numbers of visitors attended during the celebration of last Easter, a holiday that Edil has described as "excellent for tourism, surpassing the indexes of previous years and Consolidating this period as a strong driver of the local economy. "
Montiel pointed out that "between Friday of Dolores and Easter Sunday, when the" Special Device for Reception and Information for Tourists and Visitors "is in progress, 10,431 attentions have been recorded in the 6 information points enabled, 14.57 percent more than in 2016. It is important to note that they have been able to count, since there are moments, especially on Thursday and Good Friday, in order to give people a quick attention Who wait at different points can not collect the necessary data, prioritizing the provision of the service. "
"Also during the 10 days prior to Easter there has been an increase in requests for information, mainly telephone, on the program of events that can be set at 16.3 per cent.These cases were solved in the majority Of the occasions with the sending of documentation in paper or by electronic mail ".
As for the online data, Montiel recalled that "more and more people are planning their visit in advance through the internet, so we can see how during the 10 days prior to Holy Week, During Holy Week, queries through the web page of lorcaturismo have surpassed the 12000 visits, being the most numerous coming from Barcelona, ​​Murcia, Madrid, Valencia, Seville and Alicante as far as Spanish cities and of Mexico, France, the United Kingdom, the United States (7 were attended face-to-face on Holy Week) and Germany in terms of countries. "
"The most affluent days, as it could not be otherwise, were Holy Thursday and Good Friday, which bring together 63% of the consultations. By provinces of origin, it is noteworthy that Madrid remains the first with 18, 9 per cent of national visitors, followed by Alicante and Barcelona with 13 per cent and 10.5 per cent respectively.The highest increases have been recorded between Sevillians and Malagueños, while there is a slight drop in Barcelona, Which still hold the third place among the applicants for information.Independent by Autonomous Communities is Andalusia with 27.6% of the total, followed by the Region of Valencia with 20.1%, Madrid with 18.9% and Catalonia With 12.8 percent. "
As for the presence of foreign visitors, the Edil has emphasized that "they have increased by more than 23 per cent, especially the presence of people from France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium, the latter having increased the most with almost 20 percent, while British and French increase above 9 percent and the Germans remain stable. "
With regard to the sale of boxes, according to information collected from the brotherhoods, for all the days in which they sell localities have hung the poster of "Exhausted the localities", which has happened more quickly than last year, which Is also a clear indication of the attraction of our holiday.
With regard to hotel occupancy, according to the data of Hostelor, it has been 100 percent on Thursday and Good Friday nights.
The weekend of Friday of Dolores was reached in the hotels of Lorca an average of the 71 percent;
The last weekend, days 15 and 16, exceeded 59 percent on average, while from Monday 10 to Wednesday 14 the average occupation remained above 60 percent.
Since Tourism has also wanted to highlight "the revulsive that has been the activity held during the nights of Monday, Tuesday and Holy Wednesday: videomapping" Light and Passion.
The origin of a different Holy Week "Telemag company that brought together thousands of people. In fact was so much the impact that on Facebook of the initiative saw the videos almost 40,000 times, interacted more than 20,000 times and achieved a Reaching more than 100,000 people between 7 and 13 April. "
The Council of Tourism has highlighted that "are, in summary, positive data with growth compared to last year and consolidation of the provinces and countries that send visitors and tourists to our Holy Week, with confirmation of further planning the trip prior to Through the consultations to the Office of Tourism and the different websites, both tourist and Holy Week.The effort carried out by the Department of Tourism has allowed to reach all visitors, for the coming year we will study the possibility of installing New points of information in other locations.It is also worth noting that the acquisition of chairs through the Internet or traditional means such as telephone and bank transfer, have had as a consequence that several days before Holy Thursday were exhausted localities , Which has repercussions in a great atmosphere in the boxes and in the economic maintenance of the confraternities ".
From the Department of Tourism, we thank the sponsors who have collaborated to make possible the special tourist device: La Caixa, Cajamar, Chamber of Commerce, Ceclor, Parque Almenara, Cydemir, Carrefour, Hermanos González Lucas-Los Trincheras and Dinamo Facilities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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