Tourism in Spain

Tourism in Spain

Tourism in Spain today
1. experienced a boom in 1960s
  1. because foreign visitors began travelling to Spain in large number atracted
  2. the tourist atracted by: GOOD WEATHER & EXTENSIVE BEACHES
2. domestic tourism has increase, in the variety of tourist activities available
3. Large-scale tourism: at affordable prices is organised by tour operators
Wher tourist come from and mobile population
1. International tourist come from
  1. US- GERMANY- UK- FRANCE- ITALY- PORTUGAL
2. Most popular destinations
  1. COMMUNITY OF VALENCIA- CATALONIA- CANARY ISLAND- BALEARIC ISLANDS- ANDALUSIA
3. Peak season is summer, but tourism is increasing in the off-peak seanson as well
Domestic tourism and the mobile population
1. In the past
  1. people spend their free time in the place where they lived
2. Today
  1. there are wide variety of leisure activities thatt can be done away from home
    1. generate the need for other services related to transport and acomodation
3. Areas that attract mainly domestic tourists inculde
  1. ANDALUSIA - CATALONIA - C.VALENCIA - CASTILE-LEON - CASTILE-LA MANCHA - MADRID - GALICIA
Hotel infrastructure
1. The place with the most hotel rooms and apartment for tourists are the Balearic Islands and Catalonia

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