The year of vices, where the flow from Spain to the United States is However, the most established relationship between greater than that in the opposite direction. the two countries is probably in the cultural sphere: more Fuel, pharmaceuticals, machinery, aircraft and other ve- than 53 million residents in theUnited States speak Spanish, hicles are the main US exports to Spain, while the Europeanand for up to 42 million people it is their mother tongue. country also sells pharmaceuticals, capital goods and agri- This legacy and relationship, which dates back more food products to the US. In tusm,rtavellesfoorir rm teh than two centuries, is underpinned by institutions such United States accounted for 4.2% of tourist overnight staysas the Cervantes Institute and educational programmes in Spain in 2023, with 3.8 million travellers, while almostsuch as the Fulbright, which since its foundation in 1958 900,000 Spaniards visited the United States for tourism has awarded scholarships to 6,136 Spaniards and 4,545 or business that same year. Americans. J The Salvador Dalí Museum is an art museum located in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. The centre, which opened in 1982 and relocated in 2011, houses the largest collection of paintings by the Figueres-born artist outside Europe. K The Cervantes Institute promotes Spanish with a total of six centres (Albuquerque, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle) in one of the countries with the most Spanish speakers in the world: it is estimated that more than 53 million people speak the language in the United States. 126