"We want [2022] to be the year of tourist reactivation, despite the uncertainties." This is what was expressed this Wednesday by Catalan Enterprise and Employment minister Roger Torrent. Although he did not want to anticipate a specific forecast of how many tourists are expected to arrive this year – "It is too risky," he said – Torrent was optimistic about "consolidating the recovery". But this is a long-distance race for which more than half of the route is still missing: although 2021 ended with the arrival of 5.6 million international visitors (101.3% more than in 2020), the figure is still 62% below pre-pandemic levels, as Torrent explained during the inauguration of the Catalan stand at Fitur international tourism fair, which opened this morning in Madrid