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The Socialist Municipal Group considers that the tourist development of Lorca happens because the main monumental bastion of the city, its Castle, is maintained in the proper conditions so that the tourist experience of the visitor is satisfactory and returns, denouncing the lack of technical and human means Which suffers, while criticizing the lack of promotion in front of other cultural destinations in the region.
The councilors of the Socialist Municipal Group in the City of Lorca, Maria Antonia Garcia and David Romera, have highlighted the poor conditions in which the facilities of the Castle of Lorca for its proper exploitation and tourism promotion after performing on the day of Yesterday a visit to the fortress lorquina.
They consider that the Castle of Lorca is the main monumental bulwark of the city and one of the biggest tourist claims of our city, and for that reason it has to be in the best conditions so that the tourist experience of the visitor is the most desirable and adequate so that Return and recommend the destination.
The sensation currently offered by the Lorca fortress to visitors despite being in high season, is an "absolute lack of attention to the lack of adequate maintenance for a huge enclosure that occupies an area of ​​almost 50,000 m2."
They underline that the technical and human resources that Lorca has in the Castle are "clearly insufficient" to carry out the necessary repairs, cleaning and maintenance, despite the great professionalism and dedication provided by the staff of Lorca Taller Of the Time, whose facilities consider like a second house.
The socialist councilors consider that Lorca will not become a quality tourist destination if the heritage resources that it owns, as the whole of the Castle, are not in the most optimal conditions to be visited.
They also demand that the promotion and publicity policies of Lorca as a tourist destination at the regional and national level be intensified in order to attract more visitors to other nearby destinations, such as Caravaca de la Cruz, Cartagena or The city of Murcia and that register very high levels of occupation, remaining Lorca behind.
Specifically Romera listed the numerous shortcomings that visitors find when they visit the Castle and they have to do with the budget cut and the lack of technical and human resources in performing repair and maintenance work, noting that of the four people in charge Of these tasks, it has happened to one and an assistant, the situation of the trees and gardening of the Castle has deteriorated notably in recent months "when it has always been one of the main attractions of the fortress", and that today a company Of Cartagena is in charge of such works, being common to see the loose irrigation gums without burying or service, shrubs, lawn and trees without pruning, the ditches do not work, there are exhibition spaces closed and the weeds appear among the archaeological remains of the Judería , among others.
The Socialist mayor says that all this is a consequence of the "lack of control and responsibility on the part of the Government of the PP", that with its cuts and the flight of the regional government of the tourist consortium managed by Lorca Taller del Tiempo, has caused that Our main tourist emblem offers a lamentable image where it indicates that they continue giving "plans in photocopies in black and white" to the visitors.
It is clear therefore that "the PP does not care, does not spoil our Castle, despite being the element that most identifies Lorca, our greatest referent and tourist claim," said Romera.
The Socialists demand that a new phase be launched in the excavation of the archaeological park of the Judería in order to diversify the tourist product of the Castle.
For the socialists the Castle of Lorca, the Synagogue and its surroundings are the jewel of the tourism of our city, by demand and number of visitors.
All this thanks to the effort and effort of the workers of the Time Workshop, however, the tourist product needs revitalization, they say.
In this sense, García Jiménez again influences the proposal presented by his group in the city and unanimously approved that "the resumption of archaeological excavations in the Castle sima is carried out", since the tourist product and its Offer is being exhausted and "the interest of live excavations will revive and attract more tourists" encouraging specific and specialized cultural tourism, pointing out that these should be restarted in the vicinity of the San Clemente hermitage.
To this end, the Socialist mayor asks that "urgently" the government team of the PP to get to work and get the funds necessary for the financing of these excavations, as they have achieved for the completion of the works of musealization Of the Synagogue.
Source: PSOE Lorca
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