The Canary economy is beginning to diversify, to have sectors with high added value, the vice president and Minister of Economy, Industry, Commerce and Self-Employed of the Government of the Canary Islands, Manuel Domínguez, said this Thursday.
Statements that the vice president and minister made on the occasion of the meeting of the steering group of the Canary Blue Economy Strategy 2021-2031 in which an analysis of the year 2024 is made.
Manuel Domínguez said that this strategy marks the planning in terms of internal organization and analysis of certain investment projects, and added that a level has been reached in which it is desired that citizens begin to feel the Canary strategy of blue economy.
What is intended is to diversify the economy, continue generating high added value jobs, and thus give greater robustness to the Canary economy, Manuel Domínguez stressed.
The minister indicated that, according to the latest reports from the Canary Institute of Statistics (Istac), the blue economy represents 2.7 percent of the Canary Islands' Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and generates around 18,000 direct jobs.
The sectors that "drive" the blue economy in the Canary Islands are maritime transport, port activities and shipbuilding, explained Manuel Domínguez, who commented that he has no answer if asked why the blue economy was not promoted before.
Manuel Domínguez has valued the work carried out in this area by the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (Plocan), although he acknowledged that it is a problem that some projects that work then go abroad.
