https://hdl.handle.net/10481/14216 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:41:18 GMT 2026-04-18T02:41:18Z https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112885 The impact of tourism on the Spanish economy in the first third of the 20th century Larrinaga Rodríguez, Carlos Considering the division between inbound tourism countries (those that receive a significant number of foreign tourists and enjoy a tourist balance with a surplus) and outbound tourism countries (those in which, on the contrary, there is an outflow of their nationals to other countries and which therefore have a deficient tourism balance), Spain was closer to the latter than to the former in the first third of the 20th century. Although, since 1900, Spain has already witnessed the birth of modern tourism, understood as an industry that should be promoted due to the economic implications it entailed. In fact, Spain was already a country with tourism, so this chapter intends to analyse the impact of tourism on the Spanish economy until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936, taking into account the enormous statistical difficulties existing on this subject. PID2021-122476NB-I00 research project, financed by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ and by ERDF UE. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112885 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112882 Hotel Companies and Entrepreneurs in Twentieth-Century Spain Laguna, Marta; Larrinaga Rodríguez, Carlos This chapter analyses the transformation of Spain’s hotel sector throughout the twentieth century, from modest, traditional lodgings to the consolidation of a modern, professionalised tourism industry. It examines how certain visionary entrepreneurs and pioneering companies adapted to the growth of tourism, particularly following the boom in international tourism in the 1950s and 1960s. The text explores notable cases of business evolution, highlighting figures that established hotel chains, modernised infrastructure, and professionalised management. It also considers the influence of the state, coastal development, and foreign investment on the development of the new tourism model. Ultimately, the chapter reveals how Spanish hoteliers evolved from innkeepers to globalised entrepreneurs and key players in the national and international hospitality sector. Project PID2021-122476NB-I00, funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 and by FEDER/EU. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112882 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112880 De posaderos a hoteleros: empresas y empresarios que forjaron la hotelería española en el siglo XX Laguna, Marta; Larrinaga Rodríguez, Carlos Proyecto PID2021-122476NB-I00, financiado por MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 y por FEDER/UE. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112880 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112879 Turismo y transformación urbanística en Barcelona durante la Exposición Internacional de las Industrias Eléctricas (1929-1930) Larrinaga Rodríguez, Carlos; Palou, Saida Históricamente, la celebración de macro eventos es un fenómeno muy ligado a la producción y organización espacial de las ciudades turísticas. Las intervenciones urbanísticas derivadas suelen afectar al conjunto de la ciudad, si bien lo hacen de forma más directa y visible en aquellas zonas donde se desarrollan los actos. La Exposición Internacional de las Industrias Eléctricas, que se celebró en Barcelona entre mayo de 1929 y enero de 1930, representó un caso paradigmático en la transformación material y social de la ciudad. Ciertamente, el certamen fue una ocasión preeminente para la reestructuración urbanística de Barcelona. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112879 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112877 Public policies and tourism development in Spain in the first third of the twentieth century Larrinaga Rodríguez, Carlos In the configuration of the tourist systems, the Administration constitutes an agent of special importance, together with the private actors themselves. For this reason, this chapter intends to analyse which were the official national agencies of Spanish tourism, studying the tourism policies they carried out, as well as the degree of satisfaction that these policies generated in the aforementioned private actors. To do this, we start from the hypothesis that these policies were not really satisfactory and that, at the time when Spain was incorporated into the birth of modern tourism, with the birth of the first Spanish tourism system, these private actors saw their expectations lowered regarding of state action. PID2021-122476NB-I00 research project, financed by MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033/ and the FEDER/ERDF Una manera de hacer Europa / A way of making Europe. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112877