This report analyzes two impacts resulted from the globalization in Spain. After introducing the key data of the country, the analysis discuss the impact of global forced displaced migration in Spain and the impact of globalization on the development of rural tourism.
2. Country Overview
Spain is a Southern European country bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Demographically, the Spanish density by population is 92 persons per km2 (WDI, 2016) distributed among the Spanish the Iberian Peninsula territory (with the exception of Portugal), the Balearic Islands and the North African territory (The Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla).
Spain is a rich country in cultural heritage due to the historical legacy …show more content…
However, this country has suffered the negative consequences of the financial crisis and, a result of that situation, the unemployment rate in Spain is 19.5% (Eurostat, 2016).
3. Analysis: The impact of globalization in Spain
The following section analyzes global issues and their impact on the Spanish context. The first topic discusses the issue of forced displaced persons that arrives to Spain and which is one of the main trends in the global international migration context. The second issue analyzes the impact of globalization in the development of rural tourism in that country.
3.1 Global international migration in the Spanish context
The number of forcibly displaced population is globally rising. The data estimated by the UN (2016) indicates that in 2015, 65 million of people were displaced by force from their country. Based on that issue, the analysis focus on the determinate the profile of forced displaced persons arrived to Spain and the impacts of this global trend in the Spanish …show more content…
However, because of the political context in Venezuela are forcibly displaced from their country (Mateo et al., 2006, pp.264).
3.1.2 The impact of the issue in Spain within the globalization context
Apparently, the globalization impacts positively on helping forced displaced population to find a settlement in developed countries such as Spain. Nevertheless, the reality is different to the previous expectations of migrants. One evidence is the precarious conditions of work for Moroccan migrants that suffer the consequences of irregular contracts such as difficulties to access to the public services. (Solé, Ribas, Bergalli, Parella,1998).
For example, Moroccan female works for domestic services and their contracts are likely to be irregular (Solé et al., 1998, pp.335). Similarly, Moroccan male find work in the construction or agriculture industry and, in some cases, the contracts had been verbal agreed another instance of how unprotected are the workers’ rights (Solé et al., 1998,