Miguel Cascales holds meetings with major operators in Spain, Germany and England as Globalia, El Corte Ingles, Beds On-Line Tui, Transhotel and Orizonia and online travel agencies
Promote new tour packages Murcia City Council and present them to the big tour operators Spanish, German and English is the goal of the Department of Tourism to 'sell' in the International Tourism Fair of Madrid (Fitur) the benefits of Murcia and its new products.
Councillor for Tourism, Miguel Cascales, is in Fitur and is holding meetings with tour operators from the likes of Globalia (integrated agencies Halcon Viajes and Viajes Ecuador), El Corte Ingles, Beds On Line (belonging to the giant wholesaler TUI) Transhotel and Orizonia (Viajes Iberia, Rumbo and Iberojet).
Also, is interviewing online travel agencies as a remedy.
The City Council first introduced a few packages designed exclusively for the municipality, including four-star hotel with breakfast, guided tours of the main monuments of the city and dining experience to taste the dishes of the land for a price ranging between 35 to 89 euros per person.
The business meetings are being held in the space Murcia Tourism, of the Autonomous Region, has in Fitur, which also provides tourist information to visitors.
The tour packages that have been presented in Fitur are:
Baroque-Murcia.
This product includes stay, bed and breakfast scheme in the four-star hotel chosen by the customer and explained and discussed a visit by an official guide to know the Murcia Cathedral, the Monastery of Santa Clara la Real, the church of Santa Ana, the church of San Miguel and other baroque churches of the city.
The price is 35 euros per person.
-Discover Murcia.
This package features stay in Bed & Breakfast, in the four-star hotel chosen by the customer and explained and discussed a visit by an official guide to visit the Cathedral of Murcia, the Arab wall of the city, the Casino, Veronicas Market and the Plaza de la Flores.
Moreover, this route will include a visit to the Teatro Romea to know its architecture and history.
Is the first time included a visit to the Theatre in a tour package.
The price is 35 euros per person.
-Murcia with pleasure.
This is a tour package that offers a dining experience including stay in four star hotel (bed and breakfast) and a bonus Ticket-Top composed of six different covers that can be tasted in different restaurants and bars in the city.
As a detail, includes a mini dessert and a gin and tonic paparajotes.
Furthermore, this package offers dinner at a traditional restaurant of Murcia with drinks included.
The price per person is 89 euros.
Promotion of Murcia in other regions
In addition, the City of Murcia is taking place within the framework of Fitur, a plan to promote the municipality in other regions.
Miguel Cascales has intervened in the regional program of Cope 'That's the morning', led by Manolo Sotomayor, and participated in interviews Cope Basque Country, Valencia, Comunidad de Madrid, Castilla-Leon, Catalonia, Asturias and Castilla La Mancha , where he talked about the new packages and tourist attractions of the town.
The introduction of new packages and actions to promote Murcia in other communities as part of 'Murcia 365', a revitalization plan that aims at the promotion of tourism in Murcia to receive visitors 365 days a year
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia