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dossier// ISSUE: TOP IBERIAN cities
Valencia among the best
destinations to invest
in Southern Europe
Valencia keeps scoring points as one of the most promising investment destinations in
Southern Europe, gaining ground as a principal focal point attracting foreign capital to Spain.
One of themain logistics hubs in theMediterranean, theValencia Region is
strongly industrialised and among Spain’smajor tourismcentres. As such, it
is a principal driver of the country’s economic growth, while also standing as
one of themost prominent destinations for direct foreign investment in Spain.
The capital of the region with the same name, following Madrid and
Barcelona, the city of Valencia is one of the principal hubs of direct
investment in Spain. In its 2012/13 edition, the ranking
“European Cities
and Regions of the Future”
, produced by the FDI division of the Financial
Times, placed Valencia in the 4th position of the TOP 10 cities in South-
ern Europe with the best strategy to promote investment, and 5th in the
TOP 10 cities in Southern Europe with the greatest economic potential.
Autonomous Region, made up of the provinces of
Alicante, Castellon and Valencia (where the capital is
located, the city of Valencia)
23.255 km²
4.953.482 inhabitants, including 667.676 foreign
residents (14.5% of all of Spain)
GDP: 101.604 million euros /
Per capita: 20.586 € (2015)
Trade balance: 7.8 billion euros (4.7% of the GDP in
2015). Exports: 28.6 billion euros (28% of the GDP) /
Imports: 23. 8 billion euros (23% of the GDP)
4th position in the ranking
“Spain Doing Business 2015”
(World Bank), which classifies autonomous regions
according to how easy it is to do business there