The Palau de la Música Catalana today hosted the presentation of the research project Tourism in Catalonia’s countryside: an environmentally-sound, quality strategy, supported by the abertis foundation and performed by the Turisme en Espai Rural Group of the Geography Department of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) led by Dr. Gemma Cànoves. Present at the act were the Tourism Director-General of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Isabel Galobardes, Dr. Gemma Cànoves, and the abertis foundation trustee and 2004 Spanish National Environmental Award winner, Dr. Martí Boada.