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Lorca joins the celebration of World Tourism Day this Thursday offering a free guided tour of the excolegiata of St. Patrick and the three squares that surround it (26/09/2018)

The Councilor for Tourism of the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, reported on the celebration tomorrow, Thursday, September 27, World Tourism Day, an event to which Lorca adheres one more year.

The mayor said that "as usual, and almost always coinciding with the Lorca Fair, comes the annual and global celebration of the tourism sector, a sector that in Lorca increasingly has relevance, as evidenced by the increase 35.2% of visitors to the city between the months of July and August of this year.WTO, World Tourism Organization, under the theme "Tourism and Digital Transformation", has placed the emphasis this year on "Maintenance of a continuous and inclusive growth of the tourism sector, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, which demands a better understanding of the growing economic, social and environmental repercussions of technology and innovation in tourism "".

Lorca joins the celebration of World Tourism Day with a free guided tour on Thursday September 27 at 11.30 from the Plaza de España called "Guided Visit to the Old Collegiate Church of San Patricio and the Three Plazas."

It consists of a walk through the Old Quarter of Lorca, declared Historic Artistic Site since 1964, by a guide that will discover the visitor the Plaza de España and the excolegiata of San Patricio, as well as the Plaza del Caño, with the Pósito and the Casa del Corregidor, and the Plaza de las Barandillas from where you can contemplate the change between the medieval Lorca and the current Lorca.

The initiative includes the entrance and visit to San Patricio completely free of charge, being the usual cost of this complete tour, from Monday to Friday, of 5 euros.

In addition, and taking advantage of the celebration in the city of the Fair and the increase of visitors from bordering municipalities and provinces, the Department of Tourism proposes another guided tour and free on Saturday September 29 also through the historic center of Lorca.

Both visits require prior booking, which can be done by contacting the Lorca Tourist Office directly or through the "Turismo Lorca" tourism mobile application, available on Android and iOS.

The Councilor for Tourism wanted to remember "the important effort that is being made from the City Council with the inclusion of the city in the RECI, Spanish Network of Smart Cities, and from the Department of Tourism with the incorporation of its promotion and marketing tools of the latest digital advances, as well as the adaptation of the Tourism Office to the new concept of "Tourism Office of the s.

XXI "for the conversion of Lorca into a Smart Tourist Destination.We must also remember the implementation of the Lorca Tourism APP, which is an invaluable promotion and marketing tool that allows the user, for example, to reserve products online tourist Lorca easy, accessible and immediate.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

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