The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, today, to celebrate the Day of the Region in Fitur, the Jubilee Year of Caravaca de la Cruz 2010.
The event was attended by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Inmaculada García, mayor of Caravaca, Domingo Aranda, Big Brother of the Brotherhood of Vera Cruz, Jose Luis Castillo.
Cruz stressed that "Caravaca has an immense capacity for tourist backbone throughout the Region, and makes creating routes and paths that integrate all the municipalities and connecting traditional products, like the sun and beach tourism or rural, the rich natural supply , property and holiday property of the town, making it a flexible framework capable of encompassing everything that happens in this community. "
Thus, "Caravaca is already a capital from the standpoint of religious, magical, cultural and historical heritage, and the challenge is to now is that all this capital to acquire a profitable tourist dimension that allows all its values," said Councillor .
As for international promotion, Cruz stressed the presence of the region in major tourism fairs, religious world, the last being JOSPA Fest in Rome, to which the Community came last January 14 in order to raise awareness of the Caravaca Jubilee Year of the major operators and agents in this class.
The head of Tourism praised the joint efforts of the regional government and tourist consortium in the preparation and adequacy of infrastructure to the requirements arising from the Jubilee Year, with special emphasis on the creation of a network of shelters along the Via Northwest Green, will cover the accommodation needs of the thousands of pilgrims who attend this year Caravaca.
He also recalled that the religious event will be complemented by an extensive program of activities and events that will highlight the celebration of Murcia MTV Concert Night.
It is expected that this year's MTV Caravaca achieve together more than 20,000 people, a figure that was reached during the celebration in Cartagena in 2009.
According to estimates, the musical will have a potential audience of 575 million households worldwide.
Note that one musical event will be free access, which will feature live performance by three artists, an international projection, one national and one local, and supplemented with the participation of two national DJs.
The Minister Inmaculada Garcia called the Jubilee Year as a great opportunity to be seized, and which bind the beach tourism, the opportunities inside and religious tourism.
Together, with the government's commitment to this sector, you can leave this time of crisis with a double personal effort, enthusiasm and use of this showcase is Fitur, so this year Caravaca enjoyment of the importance it deserves, "he concluded.
Source: CARM