Viewpoint: 50 years of tourism domination
The coronavirus crisis has devastated the tourism sector in Spain
At the end of September 1971, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development presented its annual report and revealed that, in 1970, Spain was the leading country in Europe in terms of revenue from tourism and the second in the world. In the space of ten years, the 1959 Stabilisation Plan having provided the real momentum for setting Spain on the road to economic turnaround, France had been relegated to number two in Europe. Only the United States stood between Spain and world domination.
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