| Music, theater and literature have stood out among the proposals boosting the tourist activity of the municipality | The Deputy Mayor for Culture, Ginés Campillo, has reported the excellent attendance results obtained by the activities organized for this summer by the Department of Culture despite the special circumstances that have been suffered due to the Covid19 pandemic.
Some data that have doubled the current situation thanks "to the good work of the council's staff, to whom I have to thank and congratulate.
Both Juan S.
Calventus, as well as Juliana Raja and Juan Francisco Martínez for their work for the realization of safe events, being Mazarrón an example in the Region of Murcia in this sense ".Ginés Campillo explained that "these good data are the first step in continuing to be able to organize Culture events and also quantify the impact they have had both in the municipality and outside of it." In total, "from July 15 to September 10 a total of 3,240 reservations have been recorded, more than 18,000 visits to its website and more than 3,700 users with an average visit time of more than 2 minutes, which indicates that that they have been browsing the page to obtain more information of interest, "said the mayor.Ginés Campillo stressed that the website "has been a dynamic tool, both for reservations and to organize activities as well as a great prescriber of them.
The page has been publicized and positioned very well with visits, not only from the rest of the municipalities from the Region of Murcia, but also from Barcelona, ??Madrid, Malaga ...
which has probably been given by the quality and origin of the different speakers that have generated great interest ".
An interest that has also been media coverage "because 'Mares de Papel' has been present week after week in the main newspapers, radios and televisions of the Region, as well as in some national media", the Councilor for Culture highlighted.Among the activities with the highest number of people, "the 'Rafael García Castillo' theater festival has worked excellently", Ginés Campillo indicated "with 99.83% of the capacity covered".
The music has been another of the successes close to 100% with the absolute capacity of Juan Perro, Funambulista and the concerts of the local groups 'Miraband's' "standing at 94.30% because the Murani concert coincided with the confinement of the municipality of Totana, which meant that some people could not attend, staying around 80% ".
The bolero night of Curro Piñana and the Musical Association 'Maestro Eugenio Calderón' reached 95% of the capacity covered.The literary cycles also obtained outstanding results.
The 'Mares de Papel' cycle exceeded 90% with a capacity of 100% for the presentations by Marta Robles, Santiago Posteguillo and Máximo Huerta.
While that of 'Love and Happiness' exceeded 70% attendance with almost a full house in Rafael Santandreu's conference.
The presentation of Mariano Guillén's book, 'Cartagena, La Unión, Mazarrón.
Travel along the Murcian coast on the threshold of the twentieth century ', touched 95%."The average total number of visitors to the Mirador, the Erosions and the presentation of Mariano Guillen", stated the person in charge of Culture, "shows a final figure of 88.68% of public attendance".
For Ginés Campillo, "Culture has thus taken on a major importance this summer, not only because of the events themselves, but also because of the dynamic role it represents for the tourism sector.
Offering quality programming and with all the assurances in the face of the pandemic This is the path we must follow so that Mazarrón has the place it deserves within the cultural sphere both at the regional and national levels, "concluded the mayor.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón