Visitor number half a million was family from Saragossa with residence in Valencia, whose father, Octavio Romé, stated “for my parent’s Golden Wedding I bought them a trip to Galicia”
The Galician Pavilion is being one of the most visited in the International Expo. On Saturday 12th and 19th of July it was the most visited among the 140 pavilions set for this event.
The Galician pavilion receives its visitor number 500.000
A family of four members, native of Saragossa but currently living in Valencia was the visitor number 500.000 of the Galician Pavilion in Expo Zaragoza. They arrived around one past five in the afternoon and were welcomed by the deputy director of Tourism of the Galician Government, Pilar Morgade Saavedra. They were given a special present of the Pavilion (the same silver gift that was given to the Prince and Princess of Asturias during their visit of the 9th of July) and were awarded with a guided tour around the exhibition site.
Octavio Romé, the father, spent his childhood in Redondela (Pontevedra) and in A Coruña. He commented that, last year, “for the Golden Wedding of my parents, I gave them a trip to Galicia; it couldn’t be to anywhere else”. Octavio was accompanied by his spouse, Ana Cristina García and their sons Diego and Marcos.
MORE THAN 10.000 VISITS A DAY
The Galician pavilion, sponsored by the M.S. of the Xacobean Plan of the Galician Ministry of Innovation and Industry of the Xunta de Galicia, is currently being one of the most visited in the International Expo of Saragossa, with an average of over 10.000 visitors a day. Its giant screen, composed of 3.000 water samples, the soundtrack of the Aquófono and the comfortable sofas placed throughout the site, are getting the attention and interest of thousands of visitors.
On Saturday the 12th of July (start date of the Galician Week in ExpoZaragoza), the Galician Pavilion was the most visited amongst the 140 that make up the Expo. It received 26.380 visits, ahead of the Latin American pavilion (19.259 visits), and also ahead of the Tower of Water (18.458). The following Saturday, 19th, it was again the most visited with 23.139 visitors, once more ahead of the Tower of Water (21.045). Furthermore, it remained on the top ten Pavilions throughout the whole Galician Week (from 12th to 18th of July), the Weekend of Galician Hydrotherapy (19th to 20th of July) and the Children’s Week (21st to 27th of July).
