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Parc Científic i Tecnològic del Turisme i del Oci

The Science and Technology Park Tourism and Leisure is an organ of coordination and management of research, development, innovation and entrepreneurial development in tourism and leisure. Promoted by University Rovira i Virgili, the Town Council of Vila-seca and the Federation of Employers of Hotel Business and Tourism in the Province of Tarragona (FEHT), has as a mission to become a pole of knowledge-economy in tourism with international projection, thus how to generate an ideal environment for the investment in research in tourism and leisure. Three units of research work at present in the Park. The Consortium for the Improvement of the Competitiveness of the Tourism and the Leisure in the regions of Tarragona develops seven programs funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Also the Observatory of the Foundation of Touristic Studies Costa Daurada, created in 2001, works in PCT. And finally the Unit of Transfer of Technology is placed in the Park. It elaborates innovation projects ad hoc for the tourism sector.