Portal de Lorca
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July 18, 2011.
The Councillor of Tourism of the Municipality of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, reported on new activities carried out from this council to revive tourism industry after the May 11 earthquake, and looking to the summer season has already begun.
First, Montiel has announced that due to damage to the Palace of Guevara, the Tourism Office located at your facility has been rendered useless "so they have moved their offices to the Visitors Center of Lorca Taller del Tiempo in the former Convent of La Merced. "
The mayor stressed that "it is more than just a temporary solution to the location of the Tourist Office, as this new situation carries with it certain advantages over the earlier among which unified signaling and Office Visitor Center Tourism, an easy and direct access from two of the three entries to the city from the motorway A-7, the main gateway to Lorca, the provision of a large parking capacity and condition of the natural start visit both the city and access to the Castle of Lorca. "
Motivated by the transfer of the Office to the new units and "thanks to the combined resources of staff in both offices, opening hours has benefited from its expansion to 7 days a week both mornings as of late. Also of note is the reduction of costs and savings that will mean to have united these two information services and management of tourism resources of the town of Lorca, "stressed Montiel.
In another vein, and in view of the summer, the council has announced that it has scheduled a battery of commercial and promotional activities to boost visitor arrivals to our location advantage, primarily, the niche of tourists is the arc Mediterranean coast from Alicante to Almeria on these dates.
According to Montiel, "first highlights a promotion in Pilar de la Horadada, whose City Council has put to use in Lorca everything you need to promote our city on 29 and 30 July."
The Department of Tourism Information Point will move the mobile has already been used in the past but that it will be labeled again with reference to the opening of the city tourism by restoring its heritage.
Similarly, and within this set of measures for nature tourism, Montiel said that "the city of Lorca's work in the various activities carried out by the Directorate General of Tourism and also a commercial action will take place throughout the coast from Alicante to Almeria, both included in the area closest to the region. This action will consist of the distribution in hotels, tourist offices and stores of information material on the summer activities that can be performed in Lorca through brochures and posters, as well as advice and information to staff of these hotels and local tourist offices. "
To this end, the Councillor for Tourism presented this morning the materials used, noting the brochure "Summer in the Fortress of the Sun" which includes all the activities taking place in the Castle of Lorca during the months of July, August and September, among which include, in this July, the events of "Music in the Fortress," dinner with live music, and "The Castle of the Stars" returns after the great success of last summer with the contemplating the night sky from the hand of the Astronomical Association of the Region of Murcia.
On the other hand, Montiel has announced that "promotional material has been prepared under the" Lorca Us "T-shirts, badges and stickers can be purchased at the Visitor Center Lorca Taller del Tiempo".
Also, within the collaborations in the earthquake, the council has stressed that the Tourist Consortium Workshop Time Lorca has signed a commercial agreement with Terra Natura to offer their visitors a 50% discount bonds in the cost of entry of these parks theme.
Another action taken is the creation of an exhibition located in the Visitor Center Lorca, Time Workshop and the new headquarters of the Office of Tourism.
This exhibition is dedicated to the earthquake that occurred in the city last May 11.
As pointed out by Montiel, "consists of a series of explanatory elements that allow the visitor to know why and how this earthquake took place, the oddities of the Alhama fault, as he lived May 11, the complex and complete device was launched the day after, how this movement affected the rich heritage of Lorca and what is being done to restore and complete recovery. This has been possible thanks to the collaboration of the Autonomous Community has financed the exhibition ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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