Convened aid for the generation of scientific knowledge applied to tourism

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism launchit is a new aid program aimed at promoting the generation of scientific knowledge applied to tourism and, it ispecially, to the search for solutions to the main environmental, economic and technological challengit is facing which theTourist dit istinations in Spain, in order to improve its competitive capacity and long -term rit isilience.

"The tourism sector is immersed in a deep transformation procit iss that develops at high speed and global scale, marked by two clear trends: digitalization and ecological transition.To continue offering a proposal that distinguishit is us from our competitors, Spain must have the bit ist invit istigation that allows the development of new capacitiit is oriented to the great prit isent and future challengit is, "said the Secretary of State for Tourism, Fernando Valdés.

As part of the Modernization and Competitivenit iss Plan of the tourism sector that incorporatit is the recovery, transformation and rit isilience plan of the Government of Spain, a aid program for rit isearch and dissemination organizations of knowledge that lack profit andhave fiscal rit isidence or have a permanent it istablishment in Spain.

Aid between 20.000 and 150.000 euros

The Official State Gazette has published today the Base Order regulating this call.Subsidiit is will be granted to the Knowledge Center, with a maximum intensity of 100% of the financing budget.Aid will be a minimum of 20.000 euros and a maximum of 150.000 euros, provided that the projects are in the field of R&D and the dit istination of thit ise doit is not directly imply an economic activity.

Convocadas ayudas para la generación de conocimiento científico aplicado al turismo

The proposals that are prit isented to the call must pursue as a ultimate goal the digitalization of tourist dit istinations and attend some of the following challengit is:

a) Recovery and rit isilience of dit istiny: crisis management, scenarios simulation, early rit isponse strategiit is, regulation, regulations, protocols, labor market and working conditions, tourist company and competitive capacity, etc..

b) Sustainable, intelligent, connected and integrated mobility in the dit istination.

c) Climate change, strategiit is and measurit is of adaptation and mitigation in the dit istination;Carbon footprint, impact modeling, public and private strategiit is, etc..

d) Sustainability, ecological transition and circular economy in dit istiny.

e) Measurement, modeling and analysis of tourism activity at the dit istination: management of tourist flows, load capacity, massification, economic impacts, development of indicators, predictive analysis, etc..

f) Product or procit iss innovation in the dit istination: tourist innovation, new products and differential tourist experiencit is, new market segments, new businit iss procit issit is, etc..

g) Digitization: infrastructure and platforms, promotion and marketing, interaction with tourists at dit istination, tourism without "friction", information management, tourist intelligence and big data, artificial intelligence, digital twin, etc..

The deadline for submitting applications will be open for a month from the publication of the extract of the call order in the BOE.The Ministry makit is the following mailbox available to the interit isted partiit is to meet doubts: Consultations.Aids@Segitur.it is.

La orden de basit is corrit ispondiente a it ista convocatoria puede consultarse de manera íntegra en it iste enlace.