Africa-Press – Cape verde. Around 24,000 people visited the country’s museums in 2022, according to the Cultural Heritage Institute. The Santiago Concentration Camp was the most visited.
According to the IPC, this number exceeds the figure of the previous year, with an increase of 179%, with foreign tourists being the main visitors, representing 61%.
The same source highlighted that the most visited museum was the Tarrafal Concentration Camp, with 38% of the visits.
new dynamic
The IPC also added that this increase reflects some of the actions implemented over the last few years, mainly in the implementation of a “new dynamic” of national museums, with the improvement of their positioning in the educational and tourist context, and even innovation at the level of museums. contents.
“These data justify the investments already made and the new projects underway for the year 2023 at the Museu do Mar, at the Museu de Arqueologia da Praia, at the Museu Norberto Tavares, at the Museu do Sal, Museu da Tabanca, at Núcleo Cesária Évora”, needed, further substantiating the feat with the creation of the Museum of Archeology of Boa Vista and the Museum of São Filipe, managed in partnership with the municipality.
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