The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar explained that "Lorca still need lots of help" and hoped for "help revive tourism businesses and the use of the municipality."
The Princes of Asturias visited the stand this morning outside the town of Lorca has been installed in the International Tourism Fair of Madrid (FITUR) to inquire about the status of the city after the earthquake of May 11 and support the crucial role Tourism is the recovery of the city.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, who was in charge of receiving their Royal Highnesses, told D.
Felipe and Ms. Leticia that "Lorca still need lots of help and on many fronts" and hoped for "help boost tourism and employment businesses in the municipality.
On the state of tourism in the city, Jodar has indicated to their Royal Highnesses that "we have managed to restore the castle, like the four museums in the Footsteps of the Holy Week, and is open to the public."
Lorca The mayor has invited the Prince to learn more about Lorca Holy Week, with its unique embroidered biblicopasionales spectacular parades, a passion totally different from others that is a candidate for the declaration of Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO .
This has delivered them a book with pictures representative of this cultural and religious.
In addition, the Mayor explained that the city is making a major commitment to rural tourism, where accommodations have increased dramatically in recent years.
Jódar Francisco thanked the gesture that the Royal Family has had to stand Lorca in choosing this as one of the visitors to this inauguration of the thousands of exhibitors who are in FITUR.
Finally, he stressed that "although we still need a major commitment to help families, recovery of the city and a greater number of patrons to recover the historical, Lorca is open for restoration and a proof of this is the guided tour offered by the most representative monuments of the city, explaining its history and the earthquake damage. "
The mayor also has given them a magazine in which solidarity can see in detail the effects of earthquakes, which could prove they attended the funeral of the 9 deaths caused by earthquakes.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca