Juan Espadas-Cejas, Mayor of the Municipality of Seville

Qingdao Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit 2018 Exclusive Interview: 
Seville, the Start of the First World Circumnavigation

WTCF gives us the opportunity of promoting our city internationally as well as recognizing the important work Seville is accomplishing in the tourism industry during the last years. It also helps us to organize exchanges and cooperation with other members and to contribute to the development of world tourism industry.  

Release time : 2018-09-28 14:35:25

source : World Tourism Cities Magazine

Visitors get impregnated in our way of being

When a tourist has chosen among all the possible destinations to visit your city, he deserves to enjoy a unique experience. You can enjoy three UNESCO World Heritage monuments in the same neighborhood where you can see the three cultures that historically marked the world for centuries. Making the visit a unique experience has much to do also in Seville with the enjoyment of our cuisine and our tapas. But above all, the great recommendation that can be made to a tourist who chooses Seville is to get impregnated in our way of being, see and live life walking through our streets and interacting with people.

Seville is on the right track in consolidating a city offer

In terms of tourism, we are breaking the seasonality hand in hand with the cultural offer, for example, in autumn or at Christmas. Also from the point of view of culture, we are creating products closely linked to culture and the enjoyment of the city, as is the case with our Murillo Year. Something similar will happen from 2019 onwards with the fifth anniversary of the first world circumnavigation by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano; their voyage began and ended in the port of Seville. In a sustainable way, our more than 8 million square meters of green areas perfectly integrated into the urban fabric, our urban bike lanes and the enjoyment of our Guadalquivir River, compose and complete the picture of the destination. To be considered the best city to visit in 2018 by the prestigious Lonely Planet travel guide, or the references of Seville that we are getting from international media and influencers suggest that we are on the right track in consolidating a city offer.

The improvement of tourism supply and demand is ongoing

The city of Seville, at a tourist level, is carrying out actions to improve both the tourist supply and demand. On the one hand, there are already projects