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La Secretaría General de Turismo.

English translation: The General Secretariat for Tourism


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Spanish term or phrase:La Secretaría General de Turismo.
English translation:The General Secretariat for Tourism
Entered by: liz askew
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19:03 Apr 15, 2008
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Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: La Secretaría General de Turismo.
Se trata de un departamento ministerial español, quizás ahora tenga el rango de subdirección general. En algún documento oficial en inglés he visto que lo traducen como "The Secretary General for Tourism", pero no me suena a que esto sea correcto, pues se referiría al que ocupa dicho cargo. Habrá que indicar al ministerio, en su caso, cual sería la versión correcta.
Eugenio Llorente
Local time: 10:04
The General Secretariat for Tourism
Explanation:
I don't like it, but :

IET - Información General
It is part of the Secretaría General de Turismo (General Tourism Secretariat) of the Secretaría de Estado de Turismo y Comercio (State Secretariat of ...
www.iet.tourspain.es/paginas/Introduccion.aspx?idioma=en-US - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002 - Google Books Result
by Jacqueline West - 2001 - Social Science - 850 pages
Tourism Council. GENERAL SECRETARIAT The General Secretariat is the technical body of the Association; it submits proposals for action, carries out research ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1857431219...

Pictures of Greece and the Greek Islands
The Greek National Tourism Organization (G.N.T.O.) is a Public Entity (PE) supervised by the Ministry of Development, General Secretariat for Tourism. ...
www.imagesofgreece.co.uk/links.html - 51k - Cached - Similar pages


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National Tourism Organis/zation
Selected response from:

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:04
Grading comment
Muchas gracias. Hay que conformarse con las versiones oficiales.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3The General Secretariat for Tourismliz askew
4 +1National Tourism AgencyBarbara Compañy
4Excecutive Tourism Office
neilmac
4The Secretariat General for Tourism
Daniel Parra


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The Secretariat General for Tourism


Explanation:
Among other things, they run the very good "Paradores" chain of hotels.

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Debí haber señalado que "Secretaría" equivale a "Secretariat", como por ejemplo el Secretario General de la ONU es el Secretary General, pero su organismo es "the Secretariat General".

Daniel Parra
Local time: 10:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
The General Secretariat for Tourism


Explanation:
I don't like it, but :

IET - Información General
It is part of the Secretaría General de Turismo (General Tourism Secretariat) of the Secretaría de Estado de Turismo y Comercio (State Secretariat of ...
www.iet.tourspain.es/paginas/Introduccion.aspx?idioma=en-US - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002 - Google Books Result
by Jacqueline West - 2001 - Social Science - 850 pages
Tourism Council. GENERAL SECRETARIAT The General Secretariat is the technical body of the Association; it submits proposals for action, carries out research ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1857431219...

Pictures of Greece and the Greek Islands
The Greek National Tourism Organization (G.N.T.O.) is a Public Entity (PE) supervised by the Ministry of Development, General Secretariat for Tourism. ...
www.imagesofgreece.co.uk/links.html - 51k - Cached - Similar pages


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OR

National Tourism Organis/zation

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
Muchas gracias. Hay que conformarse con las versiones oficiales.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elizabeth Medina: Agree.
6 mins

agree  Enrique Huber
8 mins

agree  Ana Roca
22 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
National Tourism Agency


Explanation:
Si es a nivel nacional, claro.

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Welcome to VisitBritain
VisitBritain, the national tourism agency, promotes Britain internationally in 36 markets and England in Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland. Our mission is to build the value of tourism to Britain and in England, generating wealth and jobs across Britain. Our unique network allows us to provide unrivalled insights, intelligence and business advice to any organisation with a stake in British and English tourism, as well as offering a wide range of successful partnership opportunities. We also provide a dedicated, specialist service to UK and international media on tourism issues, products and services.




    Reference: http://www.tourismtrade.org.uk/
Barbara Compañy
Local time: 05:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Works for me :)
7 mins
  -> Thank you neilmac :)
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Excecutive Tourism Office


Explanation:
Like Liz, I'm not fond of "Secretariat..." and have taken great pains to find (or coin) other, more modern-sounding alternatives.
A Secretariat is the cabinet level unit of government also known as an Executive Office. Departments usually report to them.

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Soory, that's "Executive Tourism Office" ...

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Sorry ;)


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In the UK, for example, we have the National Tourist Office (NTO) for Scotland.

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So "National/Regional Tourist/Office".

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 10:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 57
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Changes made by editors
Apr 15, 2008 - Changes made by liz askew:
Edited KOG entryEugenio Llorente's old entry - "La Secretaría General de Turismo." => "The General Secretariat for Tourism"


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