Tourism in Spain 

Spain (Spanish: España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España) is a member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. [9] limits Brha main south and east of the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land border with the territory of the Overseas British Gibraltar. Bounded on the north of France and Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay, and to the northwest and west of the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal. 

Spanish territory also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast, and two autonomous cities in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla are. Moreover, the municipality is located Aivia Spanish Kmoktnf inside French territory. An area of ​​504.030 km ² and thus be the second-largest country in terms of area in Western Europe and the European Union after France. 

Spain underwent because of its location to many external influences since prehistoric times and even its emergence as a state. Out Spain as a united country in the fifteenth century, after the unification of the kingdoms of the Catholic and control the entire Iberian Peninsula in 1492 on the other hand, Spain was the source of significant influence in other areas through modern times, when it became a global empire has left a legacy of more than 500 million speakers in Spanish, making it the second use of mother tongues. 

Spain is a democratic state with a parliamentary government under a constitutional monarchy. The Spain of developed countries, where the economy the ninth largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP, and the living standards are very high and is located (ranked twentieth on the Human Development Index), and also ranked tenth in terms of Hairy quality of life in the world in 2005, Spain is a member of the United Nations and the European Union, NATO and the Organization for economic Cooperation and Development and the World Trade Organization.

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