Dénia strengthens its role as a gastronomic destination at a national meeting

Institutional representation in Ciudad Real

Rafa Carrió, mayor of Dénia, and Pepa Cardona, head of the Tourism Service of the Town Hall, attended Ciudad Real to participate in the general assembly of the Spanish Association of Destinations for the Promotion of Gastronomic Tourism and in the Gastronomic Destinations Conference, held on 7 and 8 October under the motto "Destinacions amb Origen". The meeting, organised by Saborea España and the State Secretariat for Tourism, was held at the Quixote Museum.

Network review and next steps

During the general assembly, the development of the Saborea España network was reviewed, planned activities for 2026 were presented and work lines for 2027 were discussed, in addition to addressing economic and budgetary matters of the association.

The conference, for its part, devoted space to the incorporation of the primary sector into the tourism product, to the Intelligent Platform for Destinations, to trends in the gastronomic market and to the exchange of best practices at national and international level.

Gastronomy as a hallmark

Carrió highlighted the role of gastronomy in the city's projection: "gastronomy is one of Dénia's great strengths and a tool to project our identity, our product and our way of understanding the Mediterranean". The mayor also underlined the value of being part of this network of destinations: "Dénia's membership in the network of gastronomic destinations allows us to share knowledge and advance together towards a more sustainable, experiential gastronomic tourism connected with the territory".

Dénia has held the title of UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy since 2015, a distinction that integrates it into an international network aimed at fostering cooperation between cities in this field. The Town Hall of Dénia states that its presence at these forums seeks to strengthen ties with other destinations and to publicise its tourism model linked to gastronomy.