The meeting, held within the framework of the La Toja Forum and in which the Minister of Economy and Industry, María Jesús Lorenzana, also participated, served to evaluate the economic exchanges between Galicia and the United Kingdom, highlighting that the Xunta works from years ago to alleviate the effects of Brexit in different sectors, especially in the fishing sector.
From January to July 2024, Galician exports to the United Kingdom increased by more than 7% compared to the same period of the previous year, with the automotive and metalworking sectors being two of the sectors with the most weight in Galicia’s sales to Great Britain. .
As Rueda highlighted, the Galician Government is also developing different actions to continue promoting growing British tourism to the Community and the promotion of the Camino de Santiago in the United Kingdom, taking into account that so far this year they have sealed their ‘compostelas’ more than 11,300 British pilgrims, 8% more than in the same period of the previous year.
These actions are carried out within the framework of the new Galician Tourism Strategy, which was presented by the regional president last week, and which will invest more than 1,000 million euros until 2030 to promote sustainable, hospitable and diversified tourism throughout the region. territory.
