The President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, announced that the Consell will dedicate more than 3.5 million euros to actions aimed at promoting the Valencian Community as gastronomic destination and training the sector to improve its employability and efficiency.
This was stated during his visit to the VII edition of D*na Festivalin which he was accompanied by the Minister of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Nuria Montes, the Mayor of Dénia, Vicent Grimalt, and the gastronomic commissioner of the festival, Quique Dacostaand where the exhibitors participating in this event went.
The head of the Consell highlighted the contribution of events such as D*na or Alicante Gastronomic highlight local and local cuisine, and position itself as “a gastronomic reference”. Likewise, he valued the work, professionalism and talent of the sector to “walk towards excellence”.
The president indicated that the Valencian Community “has a sun, a sea and a land that we have been able to transform with sustainability, respect and balance in flavor, talent, elaboration and love for our products.”
Mazón explained that 25% of tourists who come to this region do so attracted by the gastronomic productand their average spending is 30% higher than other segments. Thus, he emphasized, “gastronomic tourism produces a traction effect that complements the sun and the beach or our domestic offer.”
D*na Festival 2024
D*na Festival 2024 focuses on local garden artisans to celebrate the recipes and products that make the gastronomic offer of the Valencian Community unique. The festival seals the commitment to the local with the participation of restaurateurs, producers, artisans and hoteliers from the Marina Alta.
The competition is organized by the Creative Gastronomy Foundation of Denia, in collaboration with the City Hall of Denia and the Generalitat through Turisme Comunidad Valenciana, as well as with the Provincial Tourist Office of the Costa Blanca and with the three Michelin star chef , Quique Dacosta, as gastronomic. conservative.
Its seventh edition consolidates it as one of the great gastronomic events in Spain and positions the city of Denia – which in 2015 was named Creative City of Gastronomy by the UNESCO– as the gastronomic capital of the Mediterranean.
