The number of tourists who came to Cehegín during the first quarter of the year has shot up 83 percent over the same period of 2010, and 50 percent over the period September to December 2010.
These results are from the report of statistics of the network of tourism offices in the Region of Murcia.
In total 3,352 people have been those who have gone through the Tourist Office Cehegín, 1,521 more than the same period last year.
According to the councilman of Tourism, Francisco in April, "this makes us think that the number of visitors was much higher, since many of our visitors do not pass through the office, having previously obtained the information they need by other means as Cehegín Tourist Site. "
April said that "is the eighth consecutive quarter, or nearly three years to grow the number of visitors. They are very good, I'm sure will continue in this line in the following months, as we are doing a good job to promote the town as a tourist destination. "
75 percent of visitors in the first quarter came from the Region of Murcia (Murcia, Cartagena and the most Torre Pacheco), 17 percent from other regions (Alicante, Valencia and Madrid in particular), and 8 percent were foreigners (include UK, Germany and France).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín