Many countries have negative stuff associated to them. For example, the Italian mafia, the Russian mafia, the Japanise Yakuza, the Chinese triads.
Other have problems with the drug trade, for example Colombia and Mexico, or child poverty, like Brazil and the favelas.
Others have a bad reputation as tax havens, like Switzerland, because the took and hide the gold stolen to the Jews during the Hollocaust by the nazis.
USA has problems with shootings and gang violence.
The Muslim world has a problem with radicals an terrorism.
But Spain is never associated to any negative stuff. Ok, the economy is a bit slow now, and they have a high unemplyoment rate, but other that that, the opinion of everybody about Spain is very possible. Paella, fiesta, sun, bullfighting…everything seems to be positive about Spain.
I wonder why? Is it a marketing trick? Or is really Spain that good?
PS, There are other countries with a very good image, of course, like Canada, New Zealand, Norway, etc. What’s the secret?