Andorra.

Vom abgeschlossenen Hochgebirgsstaat zum internationalen Touristenzentrum

Abstract

The Principality of Andorra, which for centuries had resisted all influences from the outside, has developed during the last 40 years into an international tourist centre as a result of its special political conditions. In 1970 the non local transient tourists represented 40%, the short-trip local tourists 50%, and the extended-stay vacationers10% of the total 2.8 million tourists. They are mostly shopping tourists who want to buy low cost articles of all kinds in tax-free Andorra. The economic expansion has been accompanied by a strong immigration, especially by Spanish workers. As a result, during the 20-year period 1955-75, the population increased from 6,189 to 26,558 inhabitants.