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The regional government is working on the Master Plan of the Jubilee Year, which will cover more than one hundred concrete actions to promote Caravaca
The president of the Community, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, and the president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, today visited the Basilica de la Vera Cruz de Caravaca and signed a cooperation protocol to coordinate actions and joint initiatives to enable the Region "benefit from the experience of successful Camino de Santiago, convert the Jubilee Year in an event of great international interest and unite the ways of the Cross of Caravaca and Santiago de Compostela".
The head of Murcia said that "this agreement both regions have reflected a commitment to establish such a collaborative partnership for regions that represent collaborate in a fluid way and severally for those good practices and successful experiences can strengthen projects in which we are working. "
Pedro Antonio Sanchez added that Galicia "is a symbol of good work and is a great example with which to enrich and improve our work."
The Galician president showed interest and commitment to their community by sharing with the Region of Murcia experiences of religious tourism and pilgrimage, and recalled that Caravaca de la Cruz is one of the five Holy Cities, along with Santiago de Compostela, " Spain showing to the world. "
During the visit to the Basilica de la Vera Cruz de Caravaca, both presidents were accompanied by the mayor of Caravaca, Jose Moreno, and Sister Mayor of Vera Cruz, Elisa Gimenez.
Pedro Antonio Sanchez said the Jubilee Year of Caravaca "will be an event of special religious, cultural and tourist interest" covering "many areas" and declared that "aims to become the main attraction of the region in 2017".
In this regard, the head of Murcia noted that "in the region have the great objective of strengthening the project of the Way of the Cross of the Holy Year 2017" and explained that through the foundation created to Push Ahead "will encourage public-private partnership, sponsorship and patronage, in collaboration with major companies, and will be a very useful and flexible to strengthen investment and promotion "tool.
He said the Xunta de Galicia "has shown at all times supported the project from the Community to intensify its commitment to the Way of the Cross and its projection."
He stressed that "Spain is a great religious and cultural destiny" and added that "the Region of Murcia and Caravaca de la Cruz want to be an important part of the tourism project".
More than a hundred performances
He also noted that "within the Master Plan of the Holy Year 2017 are preparing more than 100 concrete actions in order that the Holy Year is a success" and exceed the number of visitors recorded in the previous Holy Year, held in 2010. on that occasion, he explained, "attended by 1.5 million pilgrims. We have to beat that number and not be below two million visitors."
Sanchez stressed that the Way of the Cross is "a project of economic, tourist and social transformation for the Region of Murcia and its hinterlands," given the potential of this offer, which is reflected in the latest data from the World Health Organization Tourism, according to 85 percent of international tourists which could be interested in religious destinations.
The regional government is working to "strengthen ties" between the five holy cities of the world (Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, Santo Toribio de Liebana and Caravaca de la Cruz) with the aim of reinforcing the projection of foreign destination and " consolidate our position as one of the great religious calls for Europe, "said Pedro Antonio Sánchez.
The Jubilee Year will involve the rehabilitation of over 200 kilometers of roads greenway, a network of shelters, improved signage and conditioning of roads, among other actions that will be defined in the Master Plan that the regional government works.
Source: CARM
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