Tourism Planning In Spain - Past & Future
4 July 2002 - 6:00am
The BBC's Madrid correspondent meets Pedro Zaragoza, the man credited with starting mass tourism on Spain's Mediterranean coast.
"Now in his 80s, Pedro Zaragoza may have earned a restful retirement... Every part of his being... is energetic and alert... he has the personality and the resonant voice of a giant. And modern-day Benidorm, with its sky-scrapers and booming tourist industry, is all thanks to him."
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Benidorm climbs ever upwards
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BBC News, October 7, 2005
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