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

to open new five or four stars hotels of to attract high quality tourism.

Work is also being done to open new long-haul air connections to attract long-distance tourism and thus increase the average stay. In addition, and with this same goal, cooperation agreements have been signed with other Spanish cities, such as Madrid, and a tourism product has been created with Córdoba, Málaga and Granada called Andalusian Soul.

On the other hand, Seville is consolidating itself in segments such as MICE, hosting this year and the next major international congresses (WTFC, WTTC, CAPA, ABTA); also at a national and international level, it is being projected in this sense, since it is the venue for the delivery of important cultural awards, such as the Goya Film Awards or the European Film Academy Awards.

Another segment in which Seville is situated at a good level is film shooting, being the scene of major international productions such as Game of Thrones.

I have attended the Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit in Los Angeles In 2017. I participated defending the candidacy of the city as a possible destination of the summit. These were intense days, very well organized.