Emprendetur Internationalization: public funding line for international projects

Emprendetur Internationalization is a grant from the Ministry that finances your tourism internationalization project as a loan.

  • Emprendetur Internationalization finances tourism products and services aimed at opening new markets and exporting new products and services.
  • It helps in the form of a soft loan, aimed at companies in the tourism sector that have business plans and ambitions to grow internationally.

Entrepreneurship and Internationalization It is an aid from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism (MINETUR) that finance your internationalization project in the form of a loan. It is aimed at companies whose exports do not exceed 40% of their turnover.Public aid will finance tourism projects aimed at opening new markets, exporting new products and services, providing differential competitive factors and strengthening the innovative potential of companies in the tourism sector.Emprendetur Internationalization funds the phases of your Market Research and Feasibility Study, Prospecting and Implementation project. The main characteristics of this assistance from the Ministry are its modality in the form of soft loan with a two-year grace period and the maximum amount of aid, which covers the 75% of the fundable cost of the project, with a limit of 1,000,000€.

Objectives: Entrepreneurship and Internationalization

  • Supporting the internationalization of innovative tourism products and services that contribute to improving export capacity and propensity, diversifying destination markets and improving the international positioning of the Spanish tourism sector.
  • Strengthen the internationalization processes of the tourism sector.
  • Promote the internationalization of tourism products innovators that improve the competitiveness and profitability of the Spanish tourism sector at the international level.

What project costs can be financed with Emprendetur Internationalization?

Phase 0: Market Research/Feasibility Studies

Eligible concepts:

  • Market, feasibility, implementation studies, etc. carried out by specialized companies.
  • The purchase of foreign trade documentation acquired from third parties.
  • Internal personnel costs of the company.
  • Travel of the company's own staff to the destination markets.
Phase 1: Prospecting

Eligible concepts:

  • Legal expenses necessary for prospecting.
  • Staff costs in compliance with the maximum funding limits for fundable staff costs,
  • Consulting and outsourcing expenses.
  • Current expenses (% of personnel costs). The compensation of general expenses and their attribution to the project is established at a maximum amount of 20 percent of the total personnel costs of the project, without the need for justification.
  • Travel of company staff.
  • Promotional supplies and materials included.
Phase 2: Implementation

Eligible concepts:

  • Office rental.
  • Legal expenses necessary for implementation abroad: notaries, registrations, certifications, etc.
  • Personnel expenses in compliance with the maximum funding limits for fundable personnel costs.
  • Consulting and outsourcing expenses.
  • Current expenses (% of personnel costs). The compensation of general expenses and their attribution to the project is established at a maximum amount of 20 percent of the total personnel costs of the project, without the need for justification.
  • Travel of company staff.
  • Material and supplies.

The maximum funding limits for eligible personnel expenses and eligible promotional expenses will be specified in each call [bctt tweet=” #Emprendetur Internationalization finances your #proyecto of #internacionalización as a loan.” username="intellectium "]

Support in applying for aid

From Intelectium we carefully select and work on a small number of the best projects. This allows us to be intensely involved and with the utmost professionalism in each case, preparing proposals that meet all the requirements to be transformed into products and services with real possibilities of becoming profitable businesses with a long future. Thanks to this work philosophy, our Success Rate is one of the highest in the Spanish market when it comes to obtaining funding. Request our support for Entrepreneurship and Internationalization by clicking hither.