Invest in Catalonia
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Catalonia's cultural diversity, the cosmopolitan nature of its inhabitants, their multilingualism, the result of the country's openness and its commercial history and the region's ability to attract talent from elsewhere contribute greatly to making Catalonia an unsurpassable meeting point for international business.
- Catalonia is home to large communities of different nationalities. In 2007, Catalonia had 860,575 foreign residents, i.e. 12% of the total population and 21.6% of the total foreign population in Spain.
- Barcelona has become the favourite destination for young people from many countries wishing to study and gain work experience in Spain. Every year, Barcelona's universities attract 23,000 foreign students, who account for about 12% of all students enrolled. Catalan universities receive around 16%-17% of all Erasmus students in Spain.
- Tourism, the hotel business and the catering industry offer alternatives for the recruitment of locals with language skills. Over 30,000 people study languages in Catalonia every year.
- The Spanish telecommunications market is fully deregulated, with more than 85 different national and international telephone and cable service operators.
- As well as playing host to many innovative ICTcompanies, Barcelona is also home to the headquarters of the state regulatory agency: The Telecommunications Market Commission.
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