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The religious product will be the main attraction in 2011 in the town of Caravaca de la Cruz, who aspires to become a center of pilgrimage in southern Spain, announced today the Director General of Tourism, Marina Garcia, presentation held in Madrid International Tourism Fair 'Fitur 2011'.
He was accompanied by the Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón, and the mayor of Caravaca, Domingo Aranda.
Garcia stressed the "promotion so important that they have been since the regional government in both national and regional media. It has invested heavily in promotion by airlines for the fate of Caravaca is known. And it has carried out a promotional event has been reached over 400 million households worldwide, has been the conclusion of the MTV concert Murcia Night. "
"The Directorate General of Tourism has made a great effort on all investments in the Northwest Greenway, which we have become a pilgrimage route. In fact it has held an investment for a network of shelters for Pilgrims with a number higher than eight shelters, some running and others nearing completion, with an investment of more than four million euros. "
The figures for this year, "support the proposal," said Garcia, with a balance of over one million domestic and international pilgrims.
The percentage of groups who came from other countries has doubled in the Jubilee 2003, "especially those of African and Asian origin, thus ending the exclusivity of traditional European and American visitors," he said.
Nationally, groups arriving from other regions have increased by 10 percent over 2003 (55 percent versus 45 percent of the total) being adjacent regions (Valencia, Andalucia and Castilla la Mancha) that most tourists have made, and cases reported as significant as that of Catalonia, which has tripled its number of visitor groups (200 in 2010 compared to 60 in 2003).
The total number of visitor arrivals to Caravaca de la Cruz in this Holy Year has increased by 34.39 percent over the Holy Year 2003, which "proves the effectiveness of outreach efforts in recent years have performed, and the great attraction of religious tourism in the visitor awakes, "concluded the CEO.
Cross Roads
During the presentation of the destination is also promoted the Ways of the Cross, a total of nine routes connecting the four corners of the Region of Murcia to Caravaca de la Cruz and extending along traditional routes such as trails, roads green trails.
Moreover, the accession of Caravaca de la Cruz Road Relics Caravaca has allowed its roads to one of the Via Francigena and Camino de Santiago, expanding its coverage and making the Holy City a more accessible destination closer than ever.
As a novelty, and the forthcoming Jubilee Year 2017, it was announced that we are already working on the fine tuning of North Road, a route of 700 to 800 km linking the Holy City with the Pyrenees and also serve to Caravaca link with routes to Santiago de Compostela.
In addition, the Community, through the Ministry of Public Works and Planning, will finance the extension of the road works retire from Caravaca de la Cruz to Andalusia, which will expand the path about 50 miles.
Also, the City of Caravaca de la Cruz has done ten tours of the town that will meet the visitor not only the town but the entire municipality.
Caravaca de la Cruz is, along with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana one of five places in the world who have the privilege to celebrate the Jubilee and provide perpetual plenary indulgence.
Source: CARM
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