This article analyzes the critical representation of Spanish tourism as constructed by Luis Garcia-Berlanga in Paris-Tombuctú. He uses a French character’s journey to inland Spain who coincides with a group of Czech tourists. The film develops as the characters come into contact with Valencian geography and its inhabitants in order to parody the ambiguity in how the Spaniards relate to the foreigners and reveal persistent contradictions in how tourism is managed there. While the French character is welcomed with open arms, the Czech tourists are treated with disdain, and this all occurs against the backdrop of grand events and spectacular infrastructures supposedly set up to attract tourists but whose real purpose is shown to have been mere propaganda for political leaders.... [Leer más...]