The title of Fiesta of International Tourist Interest is an honorary distinction that is given by the General Secretariat of Tourism of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Government of Spain to the fiestas, festivals or events in Spain involving manifestations of cultural and popular tradition, with particular regard to their ethnic characteristics and special importance as international tourist attractions. This honorary title was established in 1979.

Requirements

The requirements to be eligible to receive this distinction include:[1]

  • Antiquity of the celebration and continuity over time (at least should be held each five years).
  • Popular roots and participation, especially value the existence of associations that support it.
  • Originality, diversity that are relevant in terms of promoting tourism of Spain abroad.
  • Impact on international media, at least ten performances in one or more foreign media.
  • Possess the declaration of National Tourist Interest for at least five years.
  • That its development involve no mistreatment of people or animals, and care for the city, architecture and landscape.
  • Existence in the town or within 50 km (30 mi) of suitable accommodation and tourist services.
  • Full Town Council agreement and a favorable report from the Autonomous Community.

Fiestas

Fiestas declared of International Tourist Interest in Spain
Image Name Dates Designation Ref.
Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife		Variable date
on February–March		1980[2]
Carnival of Cádiz
Cádiz		During the 10 days preceding
Ash Wednesday		1980[3]
Horse racing of Sanlúcar
Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz)		During two cycles of August depending on the tides1997[4]
Cascamorras
Baza and Guadix (Granada)		6 September2013
International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest
Torrevieja (Alicante)		22–30 July1994[5]
International Sella River Descent
Arriondas and Ribadesella (Asturias)		Saturday following
2 August		1980[6]
Magdalena Festival
Castellón de la Plana		From the third
Saturday of Lent		2010
Entrada de toros y caballos
Segorbe (Castellón)		Second week
of September		2005[7]
Falles in Valencia
Valencia		15–19 March1980[8]
Feria de Abril
Seville		Two weeks after
Holy week		1980[9]
Fair of Albacete
Albacete		7–17 September2008[10]
Feria del Caballo of Jerez
Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz)		Three weeks after
Holy week		1980[11]
Festival del Cante de las Minas
La Unión (Murcia)		Eleven days after the
first Wednesday of August		2006[12]
The Burial of the Sardine in Murcia
Murcia		First Saturday
following Holy Week		2006[13]
Festas do Apóstolo Santiago
Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)		25 July2001[14]
Bonfires of Saint John
Alicante		20–24 June1984[15]
Fiestas de la Santísima y Vera Cruz
Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia)		1–5 May2004[16]
Moors and Christians of Alcoy
Alcoy (Alicante)		22–24 April1980[17]
Moors and Christians of Villajoyosa
Villajoyosa (Alicante)		24–31 July2003[18]
Misteri d'Elx
Elche (Alicante)		14–15 August1980[19]
Corpus Christi in Toledo
Toledo		60 days after
Easter Sunday		1980[20]
Procession of the Palm Sunday of Elx
Elche (Alicante)		Palm Sunday1997[21]
Pilgrimage of El Rocío
Almonte (Huelva)		Weekend of
Pentecost Sunday		1980[22]
Viking Festival of Catoira
Catoira (Pontevedra)		First Sunday of August2002[23][24]
Festival of San Fermín
Pamplona		6–14 July1980[25]
Holy Week in Palencia
Palencia		Holy Week2012[26]
Holy Week in Cartagena
Cartagena (Murcia)		Holy Week2005[27]
Holy Week in Cuenca and its Religious Music Week
Cuenca		Holy Week1980[28]
Holy Week in Hellín
Hellín (Albacete)		Holy Week2007[29]
Holy Week in León
León		Holy Week2002[30]
Holy Week in Lorca
Lorca (Murcia)		Holy Week2007[31]
Holy Week in Málaga
Málaga		Holy Week1980[32]
Holy Week in Medina de Rioseco
Medina de Rioseco (Valladolid)		Holy Week2009[33]
Holy Week in Salamanca
Salamanca		Holy Week2003[34]
Holy Week in Seville
Seville		Holy Week1980[35]
Holy Week in Granada
Granada		Holy Week2009[36]
Holy Week in Valladolid
Valladolid		Holy Week1980[37]
Holy Week in Zamora
Zamora		Holy Week1986[38]
Holy Week in Zaragoza
Zaragoza		Holy Week2014[39]
Ruta del tambor y el bombo
including the Holy Weeks in Albalate del Arzobispo, Alcañiz, Alcorisa, Andorra, Calanda, Híjar, la Puebla de Híjar, Samper de Calanda and Urrea de Gaén (Teruel)		Holy Week2014[40]
La Tomatina
Buñol (Valencia)		Last Wednesday
of August		2002[24][41]
Corpus Christi in Ponteareas
Ponteareas (Pontevedra)		60 days after
Easter Sunday		2009[42]
Holy Week in Orihuela
Orihuela (Alicante)		Holy Week2010[43]
Holy Week in Viveiro
Viveiro (Lugo)		Holy Week2013[44]
Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo
A Estrada (Pontevedra)		First Friday–Monday of July2007[45]
Festa do Albariño
Cambados (Pontevedra)		First Sunday of August2018[46]
Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World
Ortigueira (A Coruña)		29 July2005[47]
Carnival of Las Palmas
Las Palmas		Variable date
on February–March		2023[48]
Fiestas del Pilar
Zaragoza		12 October2019[49]
Arde Lucus
Lugo		Last weeks of June2023[50]
La Arribada
Baiona (Pontevedra)		First weekend of March2015[51]
Cantabrian Wars Fest
Los Corrales de Buelna (Cantabria)		Last weekend of August
and first of September		2019[52]
Fiestas of the Mutiny
Aranjuez (Madrid)		First week of September2014[53]
Holy Week in Cáceres
Cáceres		Holy Week2011[54]
Holy Week in Mérida
Mérida (Badajoz)		Holy Week2018[55]
Holy Week in Ávila
Ávila		Holy Week2014[56]
Carthaginians and Romans
Cartagena (Murcia)		Second half of September2017[57]
Running of the bulls in Cuéllar
Cuéllar (Segovia)		Last weekend of August2018[58]
Corpus Christi in Béjar
Béjar (Salamanca)		60 days after
Easter Sunday		2019[59]
Holy Week in Cieza
Cieza (Murcia)		Holy Week2023[60]
Carnival of Badajoz
Badajoz		Variable date
on February–March		2022[61]
Holy Week in Ferrol
Ferrol (A Coruña)		Holy Week2014[62]
Holy Week in Jumilla
Jumilla (Murcia)		Holy Week2019[63]
Carnival of Águilas
Águilas (Murcia)		Variable date
on February–March		2015[64]
Holy Week in Murcia
Murcia		Holy Week2011[65]
Bando de la Huerta
Murcia		Tuesday following
Holy Week		2012[66]
Holy Week in Crevillente
Crevillente (Alicante)		Holy Week2011[67]
All Saints' Fair
Cocentaina (Alicante)		All Saints' Day2019[68]
Holy Week in Medina del Campo
Medina del Campo (Valladolid)		Holy Week2011[69]
Jerez Grape Harvest Fest
Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz)		Two weeks in September1980[70]
Fiesta del Cocido
Lalín (Pontevedra)		Sunday preceding Carnival2020[71]
Fiesta del Pulpo
O Carballiño (Ourense)		Second weekend
of August		2022[72]
Fiesta de la Lamprea
Arbo (Pontevedra)		Last weekend
of April		2023[73]
Carnival of Xinzo de Limia
Xinzo de Limia (Ourense)		Variable date
on February–March		2019[74]
Bonfires of Saint John
A Coruña		23–24 June2015[75]
Fiestas Mayores
Almansa (Albacete)		First week of May2019[76]
The Night of the Drums
Mula (Murcia)		Holy Wednesday2022[77]

See also

References

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  5. ↑ "RESOLUCION de 26 de julio de 1994, de la Secretaria General de Turismo-Presidencia de Turespaña, por la que se concede el título de Fiesta de Interés Turistico Internacional a la fiesta que se señala" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 26 July 1994.
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  9. ↑ Feria de Abril: fiestas and events in Seville
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  17. ↑ Moros y Cristianos of Alcoy Archived 2009-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ "Fiesta de Moros y Cristianos de Villajoyosa - Desembarco - Alicante - Villajoyosa landing". desembarco.com. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  19. ↑ The Misteri d'Elx
  20. ↑ Corpus Christi of Toledo Archived 2009-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
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  22. ↑ Pilgrimage of the Rocío
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  24. 1 2 BOE núm. 276 of November 18, 2002.
  25. ↑ Fiestas de San Fermín
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  37. ↑ Holy Week of Valladolid
  38. ↑ "Semana Santa de Zamora - The Holy Week of Zamora, with international prestige". El Norte de Castilla. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
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  40. ↑ "La Ruta del Tambor y el Bombo, Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 6 June 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  41. ↑ History of la Tomatina - Official website of Tomatina de Bunyol
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  46. ↑ "La Festa do Albariño ya es de Interés Turístico Internacional". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 12 September 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  47. ↑ "El Festival de Ortigueira ya es Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 12 April 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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  50. ↑ "El Arde Lucus ya es Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  51. ↑ "La Arribada logra la declaración de fiesta de interés turístico internacional". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 5 November 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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  53. ↑ "Las fiestas de Aranjuez han sido declaradas de Interés Turístico Internacional". Telemadrid (in Spanish). 6 September 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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  55. ↑ "La Semana Santa de Mérida, declarada de Interés Turístico Internacional". El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). 9 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  56. ↑ "El Gobierno declara la Semana Santa de Ávila de Interés Turístico Internacional". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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  58. ↑ "Los encierros de Cuéllar ya son de Interés Turístico Internacional". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 13 March 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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  61. ↑ "El Carnaval de Badajoz es ya oficialmente de Interés Turístico Internacional". El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). 10 February 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  62. ↑ "La Semana Santa de Ferrol, reconocida como fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 17 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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  66. ↑ "El Bando de la Huerta ya es de Interés Turístico Internacional". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 22 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  67. ↑ "La Semana Santa de Crevillent, una fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional". Información (in Spanish). 23 March 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  68. ↑ "La Fira de Cocentaina, reconocida de Interés Turístico Internacional". El Mundo (in Spanish). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  69. ↑ "La Semana Santa de Medina del Campo, declarada Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 20 December 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  70. ↑ "Jerez celebrará el 75 aniversario de las Fiestas de la Vendimia del 2 al 17 de septiembre". Diario de Jerez (in Spanish). 8 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  71. ↑ "El Cocido de Lalín ya es oficialmente Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional". El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  72. ↑ "El Gobierno reconoce a la Festa do Pulpo do Carballiño como de "interés turístico internacional"". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 6 July 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  73. ↑ "Arbo celebra este fin de semana que su lamprea ya es internacional". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 28 April 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  74. ↑ "El entroido de Xinzo ya es Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 22 January 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  75. ↑ "El San Juan coruñés ya es de Interés Turístico Internacional". ABC (in Spanish). 17 May 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  76. ↑ "Las Fiestas Mayores de Almansa reciben la categoría de Interés Turístico Internacional" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  77. ↑ "La Noche de los Tambores de Mula (Murcia), declarada Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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