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La llegada de turistas internacionales aumenta un 1,1% en los cuatro primeros meses del año

De enero a abril de 2012, visitaron España 13,7 millones de turistas.

Destaca el incremento de viajeros procedentes de Francia y Alemania.

José Manuel Soria interviene en el almuerzo organizado por KPMG y Europa Press

Asegura que "en algún momento tendrán que subir las tarifas de la luz" para acabar con el déficit del sistema.

José Manuel Soria attends the events organised to commemorate the first anniversary of the Lorca earthquake

The minister and the president of the Region of Murcia will sign an agreement to boost and manage aid aimed at the reindustrialisation of Lorca.

The Government trusts that Bolivia will pay a fair price to REE for the nationalisation of its subsidiary TDE

The Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism, José Manuel Soria, has appeared at his own request before Parliament's Industry, Energy and Tourism Committee to explain the expropriation of the Bolivian subsidiary of REE.

José Manuel Soria said that the Government regrets the expropriation of TDE but accepts that this decision complies with the Constitution and laws of Bolivia.

Unlike the way events unfolded with regard to the expropriation of YPF in Argentina, the Government of Bolivia has upheld dialogue with the Spanish authorities and with REE in order to reach an agreement and to compensate the Spanish company. The government of Spain will accompany and support REE in this negotiation process.

José Manuel Soria attends the Spain-Portugal summit with the President of the Government

The minister will take part in a sectorial meeting on Energy, Industry and Tourism.

José Manuel Soria attends the opening of Espacio Fundación Telefónica with the Prince and Princess of Asturias

Also present were the minister of Education, the mayoress of Madrid and the chairman of Telefónica

The Secretary of State for Telecommunications presents the main action points of the department

The last two weeks in May, the Ministry of Industry will announce an R&D&I aid plan for the amount of 550 million euros.

International tourists spent €9.01 billion in the first quarter, an increase of 7.4% on 2011

German tourists spent the most, at €1.519 billion.

The Canary Islands, which received €3.048 billion, accounted for 33.8% of total tourist expenditure. 

In March, international tourists spent €3.609 billion, representing an increase of 11.9 %.

José Manuel Soria accompanies the Queen at the 3rd edition of the Tourism Summit organised by the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations (CEOE).

Tourism represents almost 11% of Spain's GDP

Industry promotes e-commerce among SMEs and the self-employed

The initiative, launched through the public entity Red.es, has a budget of 1.6 million euros.

26 training workshops will be delivered.

Electronic commerce revenue in Spain rose by 17.4% in 2010, amounting to more than 9 billion euros, according to the latest B2C report from the ONTSI.

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