1.5 million euros more for the tourism sector: Sustainability, digitization and energy saving is the bet of these new grants
The Ministry of Industry, tourism, innovation, transport and trade, has recently stated that it will allocate the amount of 1.5 million euros, from the European liquidity fund, REACT-EU FEDER, which will be used as aid for the tourism sector,
Next week will be published by the Official Gazette of Cantabria, the call for grants for 2021, endowed with 1.2 million, while the remaining 300,000 euros will be reserved for a second call in 2022. As reported by the Ministry, the line of This aid is the recovery and modernization of the tourism sector.
Who is this call for help addressed to?
They are intended for tourist accommodation, restaurants, cafes and bars, tourism camps, travel agencies, reservation centers, professional conference organizers and active tourism companies in Cantabria. This aid with React-EU funds will also go to entrepreneurs and SMEs in the sector that develop projects that reduce the energy cost of their facilities, as well as investments in incorporating smart applications, digitization, communication technologies and services into their businesses and services. management or transformation of obsolete facilities.
The beneficiaries will be the holders of tourism SMEs, micro or small companies with less than 10 employees and an annual turnover that does not exceed 2 million and small companies, considering as such those with less than 50 workers and a business volume annual less than 10 million. Investments made between February 1, 2020 and the end date of the call period will be considered eligible expenses.
