The coordinator of the Creative City Shunde move to neighboring tourist and gastronomic resources Dénia

The coordinator of the Creative City of Gastronomy of Shunde in Guangdong province (China), Fang Li, made a one-month stay in Dénia to become familiar with the various tourist and gastronomic resources of our city and the Marina Alta . It aims to establish avenues of collaboration and future projects between both UNESCO creative cities in areas such as tourism promotion, joint academic programs in gastronomy, business joint ventures, and so on.

During his stay, Li Fang visited the Valencian Institute of Tourism Technologies in Benidorm, accompanied by chef Evarist Miralles, the CdT Dénia, the Mercat del riurau of Jesús Pobre and La Agència Valenciana del Turisme. He has also met with those responsible for the Biomoscatell project in Poble Nou de Benitatxell. Also, to know firsthand the organization and development of the International Creative Cuisine Contest of the red shrimp of Dénia.

This is the second time that the Shunde representative visits Dénia, where she already traveled in March 2015, coinciding with the celebration of the fallas, accompanied by representatives of the Creative City of Popayán (Colombia). That visit was part of the contacts that Dénia established with other cities in the world already distinguished as Creative Cities of Gastronomy with the aim of establishing lines of collaboration for the presentation of her candidacy. Finally, Dénia was declared Creative City of Gastronomy by UNESCO in December last year.