Strengths:
High convening capacity by the national government, favouring the alignment of the whole sector.
Favourable attitude by the business sector and public at large towards innovative initiatives and reforms.
Weaknesses:
Legislation does not lay down the best possible competitiveness framework for developing tourism business. There is no legislation uniformity and a general failure to assess the tourism impact when passing new laws.
Little integration between the public and private sector in decision taking and the financing of Spain as a tourism destination.
Dispersion and scattering of organisations bidding for financing instruments, subsidies, projects and other resources at all geographical levels.
Knowledge
This section analyses the capacity of culling and managing knowledge on the Spanish tourism sector, from the supply- and demand-side and also in terms of competitiveness, among other factors.
Strengths:
Availability of top-quality public and private databases and sources to be drawn on to gain a better knowledge of the sector.
Network of Spanish tourism offices abroad (Spanish Tourism Offices: OET), which act as antennae, furnishing knowledge and liaison with the sector in the outbound markets.