Universal Forum of Cultures

[citation needed] The first Forum was held in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain), from May 9 to September 26, 2004.

It was conceived by Catalan prime mover (Pasqual Maragall, then Mayor of Barcelona) as a way of promoting the city's burgeoning tourist industry in the wake of the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Valparaíso, Chile was selected as host for the 2010 Universal Forum of Cultures.

[3]Naples, Italy was selected as host for the 2013 Universal Forum of Cultures, while both Quebec City, Canada and Amman, Jordan were selected to host the 2016 forum.

Quebec City decided to back off and give Amman the whole organisation of the event.