L‘Office de Tourisme Espagnol de París (1929-1939). Política y turismo en los años treinta

Abstract

It was not until the creation of the Patronato Nacional de Turismo (1928-1936) that Spanish government launched the first network of information tourist offices both inside and outside the country. The latter on total of (seven offices 1929-31) performed different functions with cultural activities and propaganda among them. Their main mission was however to get the drift of visitors towards Spain. Paris, one of the most important cities in the international tourism industry became the Spanish tourist capital abroad during Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship. In fact, L’Office de Tourisme Espagnol was the only office that survived in the Republican years. The break out of the Civil War in 1936 made this office the most active propaganda agency of the Spanish Republic.