It could not be otherwise. Dénia, Creative City of Gastronomy will be the main asset that will show the capital of the region in Fitur, the International Tourism Fair that starts tomorrow in Madrid. A small local delegation will travel there with the only political presence of the mayor and councilor of tourism, who will be accompanied by staff from the department and by Cristina Sellés, President of Aehtma.
The agenda of the Dianense delegation has several important appointments: on Thursday at 14:00 p.m., Grimalt and Sellés will participate in a press conference with the President of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, in which both the Dénia project and the Alicante city of Elche will be presented. The mayor of Dénia was satisfied with the support of the Puig executive for the appointment of Dénia as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, and stated that "I hope it continues and goes to more".
On Friday, at 12: 30 hours, the Dianense delegation will hold a meeting with the mayor of Burgos, who like Denia has been chosen Creative City of Gastronomy by UNESCO. At this meeting, the mayor intends to establish ties with burgaleses and study possible projects to be carried out jointly and that benefit both populations.
Also on Friday, the General Assembly will be held destinations Platform Taste Spain, which is expected to attend both the mayor and the president of Aehtma.
Cristina Sellés, for her part, announced that the business sector of the region attend this edition of Fitur to promote the Dénia destination and Marina Alta between professionals and visitors. Although not many private businessmen attend, the president assured that the large hotel companies in the region will be represented.
They will not attend the Falleras Over Denia
This year, for the first time in several editions, the major falleras of Dénia not attend Fitur to promote Dénia, as announced by the mayor in presenting this issue. Apparently, the absence of the top representatives of the Fallas festival in Denia is due to a change in direction of the local executive in promoting the city in Fitur.
Three videos to explain the project Creative City of Gastronomy
During the stay at the fair, Dénia will present three videos made by the local creative company Sapristi about the UNESCO project. The company's representative, Alfred Pavia, explained that they aim to be the presentation card of this project for both citizens and visitors, and make them capable of "fall in love with the project".
It is three short pieces. The first sample local produce images of Mercat Municipal, the fish market and local restaurants; the second faces of citizens celebrating the appointment by UNESCO and the third, and longest, a summary of the project and its philosophy.
The videos have been made entirely by people from Dénia, where Pavia affirms that there is "talent to spare", and has had the collaboration of the production team Sol de Invierno.
In future editions ... with the Marina Alta?
Has not started yet this edition of Fitur and from Dénia are already studying the strategy for next year. The mayor expressed his hope that 2017 Dénia can come to a stand of Marina Alta, a project that would be carried out through the MACMA and involve all municipalities in the region.
But for the moment it's just an idea, since it is unknown whether it is possible to attend as a region. Yet, Grimalt believes that in this way much more visibility to the inland villages of the Marina Alta would.
