It is obvious that Sanfermines (our festival) is very closely connected to Pamplona’s tourist offer. It has always been like that, but the news is that there is a project to extend the duration of the fiesta and cover all year round.

Is it a challenge to measure the popularity of the Sanfermines, or is it a tourist resource to improve the economy of the town?. We all know that money makes the world go round, so why not use the popularity of the festival to promote tourism in Pamplona?.

It is for sure that Sanfermines will not benefit much from it, since Sanfermines is a festival known in the whole world for itself and does not really need to increase its popularity.

Usually we complain on Saturdays during Sanfermines, because of the big amount of visitors (over 200.000 in the first weekend of ‘ 07).

If it becomes even more popular … we will have to organise additional ‘’encierro’’ (running of the bulls) in every neighbourhood of the city, to distribute the more than 3.500 corridors on weekends! … of course of 825 meters each one of them….

It is clear that if we say that one of the key differences with other festivals, as for example the April fair in Seville, is the atmosphere in the street … I don’t know how it will be possible to keep this same atmosphere 365 days a year!. With this, we forget one of the fundamental points of the festival … the people. Bad choice.