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Tourism promoted the building of municipal Convention Centre Juan Carlos I and the Exhibition Centre (12/12/2008)

The Department of Tourism & Conventions, Maria Isabel Valcárcel directing, bet in 2009 to boost the construction of a municipal Convention Centre Juan Carlos I, and the fairgrounds, which is located in the Science and Technology Park, between the Campus Espinardo and Guadeloupe.

Murcia The aim is to become a leader in the organization of national and international, improving the benefits that are offered today.

The Convention Centre Juan Carlos I municipal occupy 40,000 square meters and parking is in front of the Rendezvous Point very well served by its proximity to Juan Carlos I, Miguel Indurain and the motorway.

The project will design an architect of renown.

Urban approved last July an advance partial modification of a plan in Avenida Juan Carlos I to build the Palacio de Congresos.

The Venue will share land with the Science and Technology Park, a major metropolitan park and the City Administration, in an area of one million square meters is between the Campus of Espinardo and La Noria (Guadeloupe).

Fairground Building will be held in the first phase of the project.

The General Plan amendment to carry out this project is pending final approval by the Autonomous Community.

The budget of the Department of Tourism for next year is 2 million euros to what we have to add more than one million euros of external funding, so that the overall budget for 2009 is more than 3 million euros.

The touristic consortium 'Murcia, Crossroads', which is part of City Hall, Regional Government and several private entities will continue in 2009 with projects like the completion of the Visitor Center of San Cayetano in Monteagudo, a project to implement good quality practices in hotels and improve tourist signs in the city.

The Consortium will be € 860,000 for investment.

Tourism allocated over € 400,000 to promote tourism for visits as the program "Let Guide ', with 1,200 participants in 2008 and 32 different tours, ecotourism routes of downtown La Luz, the free guided tours of the city 'Murcia Classic', and the program stays weekend in the city tour "Murcia, Warm and Baroque ', which involved more than 1,000 people.

The Department has been present in the most prestigious national tourism fairs and international 'selling' Murcia as a tourist destination.

The Department has participated in Fitur (Madrid), Turismur (Torre Pacheco), Fair ITB (Berlin, Germany), World MAP in Paris (France), TUR (Gothenburg, Sweden), Ferantur (Sevilla), Expovacaciones (Bilbao) TCV Worsohp and Exhibition (Valencia), SITC (Barcelona), Turicom (Gijón) and the Fair Intur (Valladolid).

Likewise, the Convention Bureau of the City of Murcia Murcia has promoted as a congress city in Fitur Congress (Madrid) and EIBTM (Barcelona), has made two trips to offer its candidacy to host the congress of pediatric outpatient and Congress Surgery, and has organized trips in which national and international companies have visited Murcia to visit the city for conventions and meetings.

In addition, released in 2009 Tourism website to make it more accessible, attractive, useful and attractive for people to visit it, he is working on the implementation of a new DVD to promote tourism in the city, and will be ready next year a complete brochure on the city's baroque churches and the Sardineros.

Visitor Centers San Antonio el Pobre, La Luz and the Santa Eulalia Wall in 2008 have received over 50,000 visitors.

The maintenance of these facilities is allocated 700,000 euros.

The Tourist Information Points and Romea Belluga are key centers to receive the tourists who flock to the city and provide updated information, free quality.

Tourist Information Points have attended so far this year to 120,000.

According to the data handled by the Department of Tourism in overnight stays in Murcia have been 510,000, being the month of March, has received more tourists.

The Convention Bureau of the Municipality of Murcia, which is responsible for promoting the city as the venue for events and meetings, have a total budget of 200,000 euros.

Conference tourism in the city generated an economic impact in 2007 of 51.3 million euros, held a total of 1,041 events with 172,000 attendees.

51% of the conferences are organized by public agencies.

The months in which the highest number of meetings were in March, October, February, June and November.

The average age is 39 years Congressman and 27.3% go to the city together.

78.6% of congressmen remain in the city between 2 and 4 days.

Murcia XXI Foundation.

Design and Fashion, will have a budget of 270,000 euros for the organization of the Design Competition and Bored No holding the Open Gateway.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia

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