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The Councilor for Tourism of the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, announced that "within the bid to consolidate Lorca as a reference destination and betting on the seasonal and the wide range of tourism, we have to show our satisfaction because last Monday We received the visit of more than 60 cruisers from all over Europe ".
The Edil said that "from the Consistory we bet on cruise tourism taking advantage of the synergies offered by the neighboring Port of Cartagena.This initiative is in addition to the many undertaken from the Department of Tourism with the aim of boosting tourism and promoting the charms Of the city beyond dates designated as Easter or holidays. "
One of the lines of action that is being followed by the Department of Tourism and the City Council as a whole is to guide and redirect its efforts towards a more diversified and specialized tourism offering with the capacity to accommodate different modalities within the sector.
The main objective is to attract customers from this niche market, thus attracting revenues from this trend-setting strategic segment.
For this, it is essential to have the support of the different social agents that collaborate in making visible the attractions of our municipality at regional, national and international level.
Francisco Montiel has informed in this sense that "last Sunday, April 30, about 60 tourists arrived from the Royal Princess cruiser belonging to the Princess Cruises company visited the city of Lorca.This is the first cruise of the season. The Port of Cartagena at 8 am and then made a tour of our town accompanied by a specialized guide and approved.
"At 11 am travelers began their itinerary in the newly renovated Visitor Center, located in the Convent of La Merced, where they could get an idea of ​​the cultural importance of the city and have a first approach thanks to the projection of Audiovisual on Easter and the main monuments of Lorca, "explained the Edil de Turismo.
After this first contact, the visitors passed through the main arteries of the city coming to different points of the historical center where they could appreciate the beauty of our monumental heritage.
Throughout the day they also visited the Chapel of the Rosary, religious seat of the White Pass, as well as the Mubbla where they enjoyed the embroideries that procession in the Holy Week, discovering the particularities of the biggest party of Lorca.
In addition, the groups of passengers of the Royal Princess could taste a tasty lunch of typical dishes of the local gastronomy in the restaurant La Cofradía Taberna Típica.
"The tourist route ended with a visit to the Castle, the cultural heart of the city, to make a thorough tour of the towers, cisterns and walls of the imposing Lorca fortress from which the entire valley can be seen. Synagogue of the fifteenth century, unique because it is the only medieval Jewish temple that was not later desecrated, "said Montiel.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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