Galicia

Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country registered an average increase of 8% in the number of travelers and overnight stays during the first quarter of 2016, with 2,193,868 travelers staying in hotels and a total of 4,056,889 overnight stays in the set of these four regions that make up “Green Spain” tourism brand.

This was made public CEOs of Spain Verde at a meeting in Galicia, which exercises this year as coordinator Comunidade this year interregional project in Spain Verde. The meeting also served to set new strengths promotion for next year, focusing on the promotion of surfing, golf and boating in new shares to develop the brand to continue to place Spain Verde as a unique destination in the world.

A destination that offers more than 2,000 kilometers of coastline, about 1,200 beaches, 31 spas and 9 thalassos, more than 60 golf courses, about 20 Paradores, more than three hundred thousand accommodation places, 60 Michelin Stars and 46 national parks , nature parks and biosphere reserves with one million hectares of protected space. At the meeting track actions designed for this 2016, focusing mainly on the promotion of “Bodegas y Pazos” and the Northern Way it was also performed.

“Green Spain” tourism brand
A tourism brand Spain Verde was launched in 1989 and advocated the landscape and cultural diversity of the territories represented as differentiator tourist level. In this spirit it was consolidating its international profile and enhancing its position in the context of Spanish tourism.