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- The orange formation today requested the mayor of Cartagena, after knowing that the term of admission is now open, to convene the Local Trade Council as soon as possible so that it can discuss and value the participation of Cartagena in this process

- The "Spanish Capital of Gastronomy 2018" award recognizes the Spanish city that has stood out the most in the promotion of gastronomic tourism, the defense of traditional cuisine and the diffusion of quality agro-food products

The Municipal Citizens Group today requested the Mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, to convene as soon as possible the Local Trade Council to discuss and evaluate the participation of Cartagena in the process of Spanish Capital of Gastronomy 2018 (CEG).

The orange formation has informed today that the deadline for admission is already open.

The cities, with the support of the governments of their respective autonomous communities, now have two and a half months to prepare their Application Dossier containing a proposal for a gastronomic event program to be developed during 2018. The deadline is the next October 1st.

The chosen city will be announced on October 17th and will be officially presented on January 18, at the CEG stand at FITUR.

According to the spokesman of Cs Cartagena, Manuel Padín, "Citizens are convinced that Cartagena can compete to be the Spanish capital of gastronomy in 2018 ... this award would mean a well-deserved recognition of the work that our hoteliers have done for years, and our associations And institutions. To achieve this, it is necessary to work from the outset and to prepare a competitive dossier with the support of the entire autonomous community. "

The jury responsible for selecting the winning city is made up of prominent professional groups in tourism, hospitality and communication, including Turespaña, FITUR, Spanish Confederation of Travel Agencies, Spanish Tourism Quality Institute, FEHR, Taste Spain, Euro -Tects European Community of Cooks, Circle of Centennial Restaurants, Young Restauradores and Association of Restaurants of the Good Table, tourist journalists of FEPET, as well as institutional representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Turespaña.

The Orange Formation presented at the April City Plenary a unanimously approved motion for the transfer to the Local Council of Commerce of this proposal, "we are demonstrating that when the interests of Cartagena are in the middle, Citizens always shows itself as a force A collaborative and constructive policy, "said Padín, who assures that Cartagena has to bet decisively to be the gastronomic capital of Spain in 2018 and become a tourist center of interest," the statistics managed by the organizers leave no doubt, the six Capitals that boasted this award have greatly increased visitor numbers during their year of office. "

For the spokesman of Cs, "the consideration of Cartagena as the Spanish Capital of Gastronomy will entail a wide list of benefits: the city will become a fashionable gastronomic destination, will have an important presence in the national media throughout the year and we will begin to form Part of the network of gastrociudades, that would attract more tourists, increase consumption in the hotel, restaurants and shops, would generate new packages of gastronomic destination and would schedule a large number of activities for all audiences such as markets, Tastings, fairs. "

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena