An announcement of 20 seconds in a national chain, in prime time -from the 22: 00 hours-, costs around 20.000 euros. Dénia has paid 18.000 euros for the recording of the Masterchef semifinal, in addition to 13.000 euros in the form of transport, hotels and others.
The controversy that has sparked the Popular Party of Denia on Tuesday is, in the words of the mayor of Dénia "sad". The first mayor, who is also a councilor for tourism, explained that this contract is included in the tourism promotion actions carried out by the city throughout the year "Like those performed in the Madrid metro". Grimalt wanted to specify that it is a contract "very economical", taking into account that Dénia will be the protagonist of a program that has an average of 3 millions of spectators per week, which is a great impact for the city.
Grimalt recalled that the signed contract included a confidentiality clause, so that the City Council could not tell what was happening, although the economic information is published in the Portal of Transparency of the consistory.
Aehtma president, Cristina Sellés, has shown its support to the City Council, with whom they collaborated in this action. For Sellés, it is "amazing" that they chose Dénia for this recording, and we should consider ourselves "lucky ones" of being the scene of one of the editions of Masterchef.
Cristina Sellés says that "I don't understand the reviews" when "Any destination would be looking forward to being called for something like that". The president of Aehtma has explained that since the association was managed the accommodation of the 140 people who were those two days in Dénia, and that if there were doubts about the fate of the money "It was as easy as asking".
For his part, the mayor wanted to clarify that the dinner of the judges in the restaurant Peix i Brases It was totally foreign to the City Council, and that is unknown whether they paid or were invited by the restaurant itself.
What the city council has to do in preparing the beaches, especially the marine zone, at the level of the coca de la grouper. They are embarrassing to collect taxes if they are ready.
Lighting on Calle Ondara also improves the image of DENIA and, fundamentally, that of the neighborhood and the people who live there.
For this there is no money, Mr. Mayor?
I hope that the residents of this area of the city take it into account when voting.
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