The Backpackers Hostel Blog

17 – 20 April 2008

10.00 am – 8.00 pm  Montjuïc Exhibition Centre Halls 1, 2, 3 (Plaça de l’Univers) and 4

8€ Thu 17 & Fri 18 Apr – 10€ Sat 19 & Sun 20 Apr

Countries represented -Estimated: 75

The International Tourism Show in Catalonia featured the most comprehensive range of travel options, including national and international destinations, travel agencies, tour operators, airlines, accommodation options, etc.

The Tourism Show features different specialties, such as on-line tourism, active and adventure tourism, naturism and gay tourism.

The latter has, for the first time, its own space, the Pink Corner, which houses around 40 companies and associations, shows and informative activities. (Taken from www.firabcn.es)

Sectors

Official organizations
Accommodation
Travel agencies and tourist operators
Transport
Cultural and leisure tourism
Online tourism
Gastronomic tourism
Press
Raining and tourist services
Navigation
Camping and caravanning
Travel complements
Active tourism
Gay Tourism and LGTB friendly

Wed 23 Apr

9pm at L’Auditori, Sala 1 Pau Casals (c/Lepant, 150)  28 – 42€ Buy tickets

II International Piano Festival of Barcelona is presenting McCoy Tyner Quartet.

Modern jazz has been shaped by the music of McCoy Tyner. His blues-based piano style, replete with sophisticated chords and an explosively percussive left hand has transcended conventional styles to become one of the most identifiable sounds in improvised music. His harmonic contributions and dramatic rhythmic devices form the vocabulary of a majority of jazz pianists.

Tyner has released nearly 80 albums under his name, earned four Grammys and was awarded Jazz Master from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2002. He continues to leave his mark on generations of improvisers, and yet remains a disarmingly modest and spiritually directed man. (Taken from www.mccoytyner.com)