Spain joins forces with Bollywood to boost tourism

Madrid

SPAIN is coaxing Indian moviemakers to use its colourful fiestas and historic monuments as settings for their films, in a move to grab a bigger share of India's fast-growing overseas tourism market.

As part of its bid to lure visitors from the world's second most populous country, Madrid will host this coming weekend the annual International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, dubbed the "Bollywood Oscars".