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  Tourism | 4/17/2024

  Employment in the tourism sector increased by 6.1% in March compared to the same month in 2023, surpassing 2.7 million contributors.

  Social Security contributors in tourism accounted for 13.1% of the total contributors in the national economy in March. Salaried workers in the tourism sector increased by 7.1% this March, now representing 81.8% of the total. Balearic Islands once again experienced the largest relative increase among autonomous communities, with a 10.5% rise.

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  Tourism | 4/16/2024

  The Filloa Festival of Lestedo (A Coruña) has been declared a National Tourist Interest Festival.

  This is the ninth popular celebration to receive this recognition in the autonomous community of Galicia.

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  Tourism | 4/16/2024

  The government appoints Rosario Sánchez Grau as Secretary of State for Tourism.

  Sánchez Grau has held the position of Government Delegate in the Balearic Islands, and during the 2019-2023 legislative term, she was Minister of Finance and Foreign Relations for the Government of the Balearic Islands.

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  Industry | 4/12/2024

  Jordi Hereu announces that the second call for proposals for the Agro PERTE will be endowed with 300 million euros.

  As a novelty of this new call, the criteria will be relaxed to facilitate access to financing for more SMEs.The first call for proposals for the Agro PERTE awarded 182 million euros in grants, of which 5.8 million correspond to eight companies from Castilla-La Mancha.The government attaches absolute importance to the agri-food sector, which works daily to ensure the supply of essential products and food security, promoting reindustrialization in all autonomous communities.

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  Industry | 4/9/2024

  Jordi Hereu supports public-private collaboration for the naval sector through PYMAR

  According to the activity report of the naval construction sector in Spain, the order book reached 48 ships by the end of 2023, with a total value of 1.722 billion euros. The Naval PERTE has awarded 81 million euros among 65 projects involving 107 companies.