Theme Tourism

(7:26min / 3.4MB)Show Notes:Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade is one example of a historical site (Petra) that has been used in a film.Arturo Peris and Hipolito Michel Ussene talk about Petra, the Indiana Jones films and the impact that this film and others have had on the promotion of tourism.And finally...You can listen to this podcast using Odeo. Here ismy Odeo Channel (odeo/f6eeca0360a63426)

(4:13min / 3.9MB)Show Notes:This time, Anna Tomás Lisbona & Verónica Salmerón Montava tell us about the cruise tourism that operates from both the Miami and Barcelona ports.

(4:05min / 3.07MB)Show Notes:By Montse Parra and Roser RomeroMontse and Roser take us on a tour of the Freixenet "caves", where cava (Catalan sparkling wine) is produced. This is located in Sant Sadurni d'Anoia in Catalonia.

(3:14min / 3MB)Show Notes:By Nuria ValeroTourism related to the Spanish Civil War is not common in Spain for a variety of reasons. However, some initiatives have started to appear, as Nuria Valero points out in this report.

(2:28min / 2.3MB)Show Notes:By Beatriz TomeoFlamenco is a big draw for the tourists who travel to Andalucia, in the south of Spain. What exactly is the attraction, and just where can you go to see and hear this rich musical tradition? In this podcast, Beatriz explains the answers to these and other questions.

6:59 minutes ( 6.40 MB)Background music : Nokturne by EkhoTranscript:The Fight for the Robin Hood legendRobin Hood, he stole from the rich to feed the poor. Almost everybody has heard of Robin Hood, the famous English outlaw, a legend of books, film and TV. They say he lived around 700 years ago, but like most legends, he never really lived. Does anyone care that the man never existed? That the stories about him and his band of merry men – Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlett and others are as much an invention as the supposed love of his life, Maid Marion, and the fictitious rivalry between him and the Sheriff of Nottingham?Nobody really minds. Not the thousands of tourists that visit the famous sites of Sherwood Forest, every year, posing in front of the enormous oak tree where Robin and his group of merry men supposedly used to hide out. Or those visitors to Nottingham castle, to the Robin Hood experience, in the same city, or to Robin’s grave nearby.The tourists are happy, and Nottinghamshire tourist b