The beginning of tourism in La Palma Island: Sixty years of the XX century

The sixties was a time of great interest for tourism development on the La Palma island. Various actions of public and private, as the policy of building a new airport, various tourist resorts, the tourism plan of 1968 or insular government also creating public entity "La Palma, Tourism SA” in...

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Main Authors: José Ángel Hernández Luis, Alejandro González Morales, Juan Manuel Parreño Castellano
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2016-06-01
Series:Anales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense
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Online Access:http://147.96.1.34/index.php/AGUC/article/view/52714
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Summary:The sixties was a time of great interest for tourism development on the La Palma island. Various actions of public and private, as the policy of building a new airport, various tourist resorts, the tourism plan of 1968 or insular government also creating public entity "La Palma, Tourism SA” in 1969, will be the basis for future development of tourism on the island and will result push for private investment in this economic sector. Indeed, in the sixties, private investors had opened two hotels, while at least three others over a hundred beds each, weren´t finished.
ISSN:0211-9803
1988-2378