The Nord and Auir beaches in Gandia get the S Flag for Tourism Sustainability.
It is the first municipality in the Valencian Community to obtain this recognition granted by the Spanish Tourism Quality Institute (ICTE). In addition, it is the second municipality to receive it from Spain, after the city of Malaga. The Councilor for Tourism and Beaches, Vicent Mascarell, quotes: “With this new award, Gandia is a leader and is positioned at the forefront. If forty years ago it was valued that the beaches were clean and accessible,...
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Turespaña opens the registration period for its II Convention in Barcelona
On October 3 and 5, the II Turespaña Convention (Institute of Tourism in Spain) will be held by this same entity, currently the registration period to attend the II Turespaña Convention that will take place at the International Convention Center de Barcelona (CCIB) is open until September 22, and tourism managers and professionals are invited to this edition. This year's event will be dedicated to one of the most relevant action benchmarks in the sector,...
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Guide of Sustainability Practices for Smart Tourist Destinations
SEGITTUR has developed the Guide of Sustainability Practices for Smart Tourist Destinations, with the aim of being a reference source for success stories to be known and progress towards tourism sustainability. The Guide includes 27 best global practices to advance sustainability objectives, guarantee the quality of the tourist offer, minimize the impacts generated by tourism, among others... In addition, seven challenges of destinations are analyzed to address sustainability between which include governance, climate change and...
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Tourism contributes 4 out of 10 jobs created in the past month
In the month of May, 2,608,600 affiliations were linked to tourist activities in Social Security, which represents growth compared to previous years. According to Turespaña, affiliates in tourist activities accounted for 44% of the employment created in May, in a field of the national economy, it represents 12.9% of the total. In absolute figures, the greatest increases occurred in the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, among others. (more…)
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Summer 2022 trends in Spain
In the article we posted about the tourist that starres the tourism at Spain, the European countries (UK, France and Germany) are ahead this summer 2022, moreover, for its final resolution, the report about the travel preference of each country around the world has been published by TURESPAÑA. In the reports we can see in a very detailed and visual way, that Spain keeps being one of the favourite destinations for every traveller this year....
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