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The Popular Party spokesman in the city of Caravaca has welcomed the signing of a cooperation agreement between the President of the Autonomous Community, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, and the president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, last Saturday at the Basilica de la Vera Cruz de Caravaca, to coordinate joint actions for the Jubilee Year 2017.
José Francisco García stressed the projection for the Jubilee Year of Caravaca has this agreement and demonstrates "serious and responsible commitment of regional government led by Pedro Antonio Sanchez Caravaca and its huge tourist and cultural potential."
Garcia added that this agreement is to leverage the successful experience of the Camino de Santiago and the successful policies of the Popular Party in Galicia in tourism, whose management has consolidated as one of the Xacobeo flags Spanish tourism.
"The president of the Xunta soaked well what is Caravaca and what it means," he added.
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."
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: PP Caravaca de la Cruz
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