There is good news for the local residents of Barcelona as the country has launched its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Moreover, the city also hopes to recreate the success it enjoyed when it hosted the summer competition back in 1992.

Now, this will be the 30th anniversary of the event in which around 169 countries took part.

If the bid would be finalized, it will become the first city to host both events and could record more number of tourists booking hotels en Barcelona and visiting the city during the occasion.

While talking to reporters, Jordi Hereu, mayor of Spain’s second largest city said, “Barcelona wants to relive the Olympic dream. The city is ready and it has experience in hosting the Games.”

Except Spain, places which are making bid for the 2022 Olympic are Spanish city of Zaragoza and it is thought that Romania and New Zealand may join this list.

The 2010 Winter Games will be held in Vancouver, Canada.