Saturday, October 9, 2010

Catalan expectations on Chinese tourism in Spain

From http://www.lavanguardia.es/economia/noticias/20100528/53936402820/catalunya-aspira-a-concentrar-dos-tercios-del-turismo-chino-en-espana.html (in Spanish)

Catalonia is expecting to maintain and even improve the portion of Chinese tourists visiting Spain every year. Up to now, Catalonia is receiving two thirds of the total number of Chinese tourists coming annually to Spain. Catalan Minister of Trade, Tourism and Consumer Affairs of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Josep Huguet, states that Catalonia has many interesting items for foreign visitors, such as the city of Barcelona, the FC Barcelona (popularly known as "Barça"), the present-day innovative Catalan cuisine, led by chefs Ferran Adrià, Carme Ruscalleda, Joan Roca and Santi Santamaria, and the varied landscapes and heritage monuments scattered in the country. According to forecasts by the UN World Tourism Organization, Chinese market is expected to grow beyong 100 million tourists by 2020.

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