The Importance Of Tourism In Spain

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Spain is one of the many beautiful countries around the world. It is located in southwestern Europe. It is a country that is rich with its history. According to Telegraph UK (n.d.), Spain was ranked as the third highest tourism destination in 2014.

One of the main tourism organizations in Spain is “Espana" or more known as spain.info. It is the official tourism website of Spain that provides viewers with all the information they need while visiting Spain. In addition, they provide a service where tourist can book their flight and trip throughout the website itself. Tourist can also book their accommodation from the website. The website have all the information that encourages the tourist to visit Spain. They have mentioned a lot of thing such …show more content…

It is one the things that help the country provide more jobs, such as using more transportation and building more accommodations, which results to providing their people with jobs. In addition, Spain tourism supports 15.3% of the total employment in Spain. It is “expected to rise by 3.5% in 2015” (“Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2015”, 2015, P1). As on the sustainability side, Spain tourism must look and consider all the industries and resources the tourism relies on. In addition, tourism policies affect economic growth, the environmental and social criteria. This criterion tries to make tourism a long last industry with the help from the government. Nonetheless, Spain has a great example of sustainability, which is Calvia. It is located in the Spanish island of Mallorca. The island is easy to go to and the fights are very cheap from different major European cities. The island attracts roughly around 1.6 million tourists from May to September every year. Calvia island depends on tourism industry that 95% of people’s job in the island is directly or indirectly related to tourism (Doods, …show more content…

Some people love to try the country itself food, while others eat food that reminds them of home. Tourist can find different types of restaurants in Spain, such as fast food, casual dining and fine dining restaurants. Firstly, some of the fast food restaurants in Spain are globally, for example McDonald 's. Another one is “Wok to Walk”, which is an Asian food restaurant. (“The best 10 fast food restaurants in Barcelona Spain”, n.d.). As for the casual dining restaurant, you can find them all over Spain. One of these casual dining restaurants is El Foro. It is one of the few restaurants in Barcelona that knows how to cook the beef bloody raw perfectly. Tourist can also find in the restaurant menu pasta, pizza, salad and some Argentinean dishes. Another restaurant is called Teresa Carles. This restaurant is meant for vegetarians and also Muslims. They offer breakfast, lunch and dinner (Mednick, n.d.). On the other hand, fine dining restaurants are not a restaurant everyone would enjoy going. There are many fine dining restaurants in Spain. One of the restaurants is called Goya Restaurant & Terrace, which is located in Hotel Ritz Madrid. The restaurant specialty is in Spanish cuisine. In addition, the restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner; also only on Sunday they offer a brunch (“Goya restaurant & terrace”, n.d.). Another fine dining restaurant is Verdil restaurant that is located in

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