Tourism: The future of Valencia ( Spain )

Valencia is not only a touristic city, but also an important centre for trade fairs, conventions, business, art and culture, and for this reason we have created the appropriate installations for this kind of activity, with unprecedented creations fit for the 21st century making optimal use of modern technology and innovating designs to create the monuments of the future.

The City of Arts and Science, which can be found in the old "Turia" riverbed, is a complex of interesting architecture which includes the following functional buildings: The Prince Philip Science Museum, an interactive and playful atmosphere designed to promote learning through fun; The Hemispheric, which includes a planetarium, IMAX cinema and laser projectors; The Palace of Arts, centre for opera, ballet, theatre, music and dance. The Oceanographic, underwater city designed to teach about the underwater world of all of the world's oceans.

The new Palace of Congresses offers immense areas for dialogue in meetings, conventions, seminars and business meetings which is part of the tourist sector of the market, one of the most dynamic and innovating sectors of the moment.

Valencia's Trade Fair is one of the most modern of its kind in Europe, and is the largest indoor facility of its kind in Spain. In the last year the fair received over a million professionals from all over the world, and about twelve thousand businesses made expositions of their products in specialised fairs.