| The collaboration agreement signed between the City Council and the University of Murcia will allow the course 'Caravaca de la Cruz: culture, tourism and historical recovery 'from 7 to 9 October | The mayor, José Francisco García, has highlighted the commitment to introduce the municipality to this academic offer with an educational activity whose contents are specially designed and adapted to the local realityThe course, whose registration is already open, aims to provide attendees with knowledge of culture as a fundamental value of society and to deepen tourism as a socioeconomic engine in the municipality.For the first time, Caravaca de la Cruz will be one of the venues of the courses that, under the name of Universidad Internacional del Mar, are organized each year by the University of Murcia, in order to promote extracurricular educational activity in spaces and periods complementary to the development of its regulated academic offer.The collaboration agreement signed between the City of Caravaca de la Cruz and the University of Murcia will allow the course 'Caravaca de la Cruz: culture, tourism and historical recovery' to be held from 7 to 9 October, a current theme that relates the linking the city as a tourist destination with its historical and heritage values.The mayor, José Francisco García, has highlighted the agreement signed with an institution such as the University of Murcia and the commitment of the City Council to introduce the municipality to a consolidated academic offer such as that of the courses of this institution, with an activity whose contents are specially designed and adapted to local reality, analyzing economic, social and cultural aspects.José Francisco García recalled that, for several years in the month of July, Caravaca de la Cruz hosted the course on Restoration, management and Diffusion of Built Heritage, organized by the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, which passed ten editions within the courses summer of this university.
"Since then, Caravaca had not once again hosted an academic meeting of these characteristics, where research, projects and studies that from different disciplines can help the development of our municipality in different aspects were debated and brought together," added the mayor.The course, directed by the professor at the University of Murcia María Isabel Sánchez-Mora, aims to provide attendees with knowledge of culture as a fundamental value of society and to deepen tourism as a socioeconomic engine in the municipality of Caravaca from the cross.
The different scheduled conferences and round tables address topics such as interior, cultural and religious tourism; the Jubilee Year; entrepreneurship in the tourism sector; the enhancement of the historical heritage; the value of traditions or education in culture.The course is open to the participation of high school students, university students and anyone interested in the subject, and the registration period is already open at https://www.um.es/web/unimar/cursos-y-actividades / venues / caravaca.ProgramWednesday, October 709:00 h.
Receipt and delivery of documentation.10:00 h.
Opening ceremony.
Authorities.10:30 a.m.
Projection and comments: Presentation and projection of institutional video from the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz.Mr.
José Francisco García Fernández Mayor of the Hon.
City Council of Caravaca de la Cruz.11:00 h.
Rest.11:30 a.m.
Presentation: Culture as a factor of development in the Region of Murcia.Mr.
Juan Antonio Lorca Sánchez Director of the Institute of Cultural Industries and Fine Arts.16:00 h.
Round table: Interior, cultural and accessibility tourism.Profª.
Pilar López PinaVicedecana Faculty of Tourism.
UMU.Prof.
Antonio Pérez ManzanoTechnician on disability and community health.Mr.
Juan Manuel León Ibáñez Councilor for Culture and Celebrations of the Hon.
City Council of Caravaca de la Cruz.Prof.
Juan Antonio Clemente SolerProfessor Department of Sociology.
UMU.6:00 p.m.
Rest.6:30 p.m.
Paper: Awareness and education for culture.Profª.
Ana Millán JiménezProfessor Department of Sociology.
UMU.Thursday, October 809:30 h.
Presentation: Interpretation and operation of the historical heritage.Prof.
Álvaro Hernández VicenteProfessor Faculty of Tourism.
UMU.11:00 h.
Rest.11:30 a.m.
Presentation: Enhancement of the historical heritage.Mrs.
Elena Ruíz ValderasDirector of the Roman Theater of Cartagena.16:00 h.
Round table: The value of traditions: economic and cultural tourism.Prof.
Ángel Pascual Martínez SotoDirector of the Chair of Tourism of the Region of Murcia.Mr.
José Francisco García Fernández Mayor of the Hon.
City Council of Caravaca de la Cruz.Mr.
Juan Francisco Martínez CarrascoDirector General ITREM.Profª.
Maria Isabel Sanchez-Mora MolinaDecana de la Facultad de Turismo.
UMU.18:00 h.
Descanso.18:30 h.
Ponencia: Emprendimiento turístico y empleo.Profª.
Ana Belén Fernández CasadoProfesora Departamento de Sociología.
UMU.Viernes 9 de octubre10:00 h.
Ponencia: Año jubilar: promoción y repercusión en la ciudad y su entornoD.
Manuel Fernández DelgadoDirector general grupo MONTEPIEDRA.11:30 h.
Coffee Break.12:00 h.
Conferencia de clausura: Vender la marca Caravaca de la CruzProf.
Juan Antonio Mondejar JiménezCatedrático de Marketing Facultad de Ciencias Sociales.
UCLM.Profª.
Natalia Cordente RodríguezProfesora Marketing Facultad de Ciencias Sociales.
UCLM.13:30 h.
Clausura: Autoridades
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz