The beginning of tourism in La Palma Island: Sixty years of the XX century
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Tourism development, tourism policies, La Palma island, external transport, newspapers.
Abstract
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.Downloads
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Hernández Luis J. Á., González Morales A. y Parreño Castellano J. M. (2016). The beginning of tourism in La Palma Island: Sixty years of the XX century. Anales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense, 36(1), 71-90. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_AGUC.2016.v36.n1.52714
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