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The Santa Cruz is together with the Carnival of Cadiz, the most important festival for Spanish tourism and Spain's largest Carnival.

In 1980 it was declared a Festival Tourist International Interest, by the Secretariat of State for the Tourism.

Every February, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the capital of the largest of the Canary Islands, hosts the event, attracting around a million people.

The celebrations could be declared by UNESCO as Heritage of Mankind in 2011.

Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife now aspires to become a World Heritage Site.