Crown Prince Felipe and Crown Princess Letizia inaugurated the International Tourism Fair in Madrid on Wednesday. The fair (FITUR) showcases thousands of companies from around the world, and gives visitors the chance to visit many countries without ever leaving Madrid.
The fair has been a success so far, despite the global economic crisis.
The fair hosts 11,137 firms, nine less than the 28th FITUR and half are Spanish, within an area of 87,520 sq. meters (17,000 meters smaller as well).
The above is owed to the absence of big Spanish firms like Iberia, Globalia and Iberojet, despite new comers Gabon, Bosnia Herzegovina, Nigeria, Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines, Botswana, Reunion Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
The agenda involves business meetings, forums and conferences, including tourist municipalities: competition threatened by financial distress and research methods and techniques.
There is a even a booth dedicated to bringing the Summer Olympics to Madrid in 2016.
Felipe and Letizia left with their hands full of gifts and ears of pampered flattering. And that in its journey from one point to another, crossed with a myriad of fans who greeted them and provided them with many expressions of affection.
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