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 News from the financial sectors in Spain and the Canary Islands Future tourism Spanish initiative A new plan is set to spend millions in developing a new kind of tourism for Andalusia.  The first of the programmes, Research Lab is supposed to identify the needs of tourism business management, market research and technology. The first two strategic projects being operated by Research Lab have already begun with funding from central government of €13.5 million. The Demo Lab will be launched later in the year. This initiative will allow tourist businesses to try out various technological solutions that are available in the current market that they may be able to use in their own companies to improve profitability. There are also new programmes on E-Commerce to show companies how to promote themselves more efficiently and effectively on the Internet and a Consultancy Platform to provide tourism businesses with consulting services. In total there are 25 public and private companies which will be providing services to 5,000 companies to improve the standard and variety of Andalusian tourism. Bully for them. What about the Canaries where the level of unemployment is the highest in the country and the alternatives to employment in the tourism industry far fewer? This article appears in the print edition 609 of Island Connections
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