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The City of Lorca only invested 37,200 euros for tourism promotion in 200 television channels from 150 countries (16/09/2010)

The Councillor of Tourism, Francisco Montiel, remember that "this great sporting event filled the hotels, streets and bars of amateur and professional cycling. Lorca has recovered and spending."

The Councillor for Tourism and Sports City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, has reported that "the Consistory lorquino only invested 37,200 euros to get a final stage of the Tour of Spain is held in Lorca, with the media coverage of city and its castle meant that worldwide and generated economic activity and generated in the municipality. "

Montiel said "as just one example, for the 200 broadcasters from 150 countries, took pictures and named our town, we must add the radio stations and newspapers around the world that echoed it. With this step we cyclist achieved a tourist publicity would have cost at least a thousand times. "

The mayor explained that "to be exact, after many efforts, the City would cost the arrival of the Tour of Lorca 60,000 euros, but paid through a local company we save 10,800 euros for a VAT refund by sponsoring a sporting event, but we also managed to 12,000 euros for the support of other sponsors, which Lorca to have this high level event and tourism promotion that involved us out by 37,200 euros. "

"But also, thanks to this event hotels, bars, restaurants and streets of Lorca for two days were filled with visitors, while encouraged one of the sports with more followers in the town, which can now be used to by either the amount invested, "added the councilman.

Francisco Montiel said "the PSOE had to wait for the passage of several weeks to be held in Lorca the Vuelta, because after the success did not dare to criticize it before."

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Montiel lamented that "the previous socialist governments of the city were unable Lorca bring sporting events of this magnitude or to promote Lorca as we are doing for so little money, however, waste much public money on personal whims true."

Investment in sports facilities

In another development, the Councillor for Sports reported that "very soon" be undertaken work to improve the stadium Francisco Artes Carrasco, "because the City needed to solve first the management and maintenance agreement he had with the Lorca Deportiva, between other issues.

However, the Councillor for Sport said "during this term we are making the biggest investment in sports facilities in the history of Lorca" and gave as examples the Beach Volleyball Center, improvements in the sports complex of La Torrecilla, pools San Antonio and La Parroquia, the new indoor courts in Perez de Hita and other schools like Palm Zarcilla o Campillo, improved sports facilities such as Los Angeles, and the construction and improvement of stands and changing rooms on football fields Zarcilla Palm and La Hoya, together with improved infrastructure of the football field of the bale, among other actions.

Also highlighted the new projects for future construction of the pavilion and the installation of turf on the football field in La Hoya.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

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