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Congress tourism revenue generated in 2012 for the city of nearly 29 million euros

The Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, met again with the traditional Christmas meeting with partners from the Congress Bureau of Murcia, which was also attended by the Councillor for Tourism, Miguel Cascales, President of the collaborating partners, Jesus Pacheco and the office manager, Ramon Palazón.

At this time the appointment coincides year in which the Office has completed its fifteenth anniversary and the Mayor took the opportunity to report the increase during the registered hotels in the city during the last nights "bridge of the Immaculate" .

Specifically, the Chamber has placed increased 10% over the same weekend in 2012.

Furthermore, it has also been an increase in the efforts in Congress Office for the possible organization of events over the next two years.

The activity carried out by the Office during 2013 has been noted that "something has changed," said House, who has also referred to the importance of this increased tourist arrivals occurred without lowering prices overnight stays.

15 years growing

Regarding the activity of the Office, the Mayor stressed that it has established a trajectory of steady growth.

If its founding in 1998 had 19 member companies, today there are 70.

As for the hotel rooms, 1,169 rooms in 2000 (earliest year for which statistics are available), has spent today to 2,030, representing a growth of 73%.

Moreover, of the 575 meetings held in 2000, organized last year 1080, representing an increase of 88%, while the number of delegates has grown from 63,500 to 172,800 (172% increase).

Consistent with these figures, the growth experienced in the income reported to the city for tourism centers has doubled, from 14.3 in 2000 to 28.9 million euros last year.

In his speech, House has sought to highlight the importance of the tourism sector as an engine for economic recovery and job creation: Last year, the city entered 28.9 million euros for this purpose, with an average expenditure per participant and day between 203 and 228 euros, depending on the accommodation.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia