Economic, social and political agents of Dénia yesterday held an extraordinary session of debate to evaluate and validate the final version of the Dénia Destination Tourism Sustainability Plan "Gastronomy: recipe for a sustainable future / #TastingLife", for its presentation to the Extraordinary call for 2022 of the Destination Tourism Sustainability Plans Program for local entities, financed entirely by Next Generation European funds. The budget to develop the actions contemplated in the Tourism Sustainability Plan in Dénia Destination amounts to 4.881.832 euros.
The PSTD Dénia "Gastronomy: Recipe for a Sustainable Future / #TastingLife" will allow to place sustainable gastronomy and the Mediterranean diet as axes of the evolution of the city's tourism model. The general objective of the plan is to strengthen Dénia's position as a leading city in sustainable gastronomy, promote the renewal of the tourism model, based on the commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the Mediterranean diet (declared Intangible Heritage of the Humanity in 2010) and deploy the UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy project and the strategy "Gastronomy: Recipe for a Sustainable Future / #TastingLife", a roadmap to build a sustainable future in which a diversified economy is guaranteed. on an attractive territory with its own personality.
The Destination Tourism Sustainability Plan will strengthen the tourist role of Dénia, turning the city into a reference in sustainable gastronomy. A leadership based on values such as respect for culture and tradition, healthy living, authenticity, sustainability, creativity, innovation, decent work, solidarity and the value ecosystem of gastronomy in the Marina Alta.
Therefore, the starting point of the current cuisine of the region seems clear, grow from tradition to continue being different, realizing the great opportunity that this means. Also noteworthy is the role of associations and cooking schools that have helped to professionalize the sector by creating a professional and quality environment, as in the case of the CdT, the IES Maria Ibars, Aehtma and other sectoral associations.
Axes of action of the Tourism Sustainability Plan in Dénia Destination
1. Green and sustainable transition. This axis includes a key project for the green strategy of the city and the recovery of the natural environment, the urban metabolism, and the connection of the city with the food system of the Marina Alta: the environmental recovery of the Bosc de Diana, kilometer 0 of the gastronomy of Dénia. It is also proposed to favor the ecological transition of the gastronomic tourism sector, with measures to adapt to climate change and promote the circular economy and the improvement of human capital. Likewise, the Xarxa Local Food Ecosystem project is contemplated, which represents the enhancement of the territory from the land and the sea to the whole of the environmental and human landscape
2. Improved energy efficiency. The aim is to promote a set of key projects to guarantee sustainable tourist mobility in the destination, with projects for the humanization and valorization of the urban metabolism, such as the creation of decarbonized trails to connect the gastronomic resources of Dénia and the Marina Alta and the promotion of the energy efficiency in the different elements that make up the gastronomy value chain in the city.
3. Digital transition. This axis includes the creation of a digital platform for the professional gastronomy community of Dénia and the Marina Alta, which will allow the creation of the gastronomic ecosystem community of the territory and the availability of knowledge, management and marketing tools aligned with the guidelines of the Tourist Destinations. Intelligent, which will contribute to the dissemination of a new story of the city.
4. Competitiveness. Finally, the PSTD intends to promote a project that will lay the foundations for the evolution of Dénia's tourism and gastronomic model: the Mediterranean Gastronomy Center and the future campus that will house the Degree in Gastronomic Sciences and Culinary Arts.
Participation of local agents
Different sources of information and participation instruments have been used to prepare the Tourism Sustainability Plan in Destination Dénia. On the one hand, the preparation of the Sustainable Urban Development Strategy, which was structured in a process of online participation, information sessions and workshops. Likewise, within the framework of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, a process of citizen participation was promoted for the preparation of the Bicycle Strategy.
Secondly, the Creative City of Gastronomy project. The City Council of Dénia, within the framework of the D * na Forum, and in collaboration with Turisme Comunitat Valenciana, promoted a process of debate and reflection in discussion groups on the future of gastronomic tourism in the Marina Alta.
Finally, the Dénia Tourist Focus has been launched, a participation process in which the economic, social and political agents of Dénia debate in collaborative sessions the bases to guide an optimal tourism model for the city. It was this forum that held an extraordinary meeting yesterday in which the PSTD Dénia presented for the extraordinary call for aid for 2022 was given the go-ahead.
In the virtual meeting held yesterday participated Maria Josep Ripoll, as acting mayor, the councilors of the government team Javier Scotto (Citizen security); Raúl García de la Reina (Culture and Sports); Maite Pérez Conejero (Ecological Transition) and Sandra Gertrúdix (Economic Promotion); the spokespersons of the municipal groups Rafa Carrió (Compromís), Maria Mut (PP) Y mario vidal (Gent of Dénia) and councilor Estefanía Schwamb (Citizens); Pepa Cardona (Dénia Tourism technician); Floren Terrades (director of the Innovation and Creativity Office); Josep Mascarell (Foundation Baleària); Rosario Donderis (Creama manager); Marta Yanez (Cream); Reme Cerdá (Aehtma manager); Benito Mestre (president Cedma); Pepa Font (manager Ciudad Creativa Foundation); Pepe Crespo (publicist); Esteban Cobo (Cedma), Isabel Agulles (Cedma); Sonja Dietz (businesswoman); Maria del Carmen Timor (TLC Dénia); Iñaki Gaztelumendi (editor of the PSTD Dénia) and Juanmi Rafet (secretary of the working group).
Denia is a beautiful city but what a pity that they do not take care of tourism, the beaches are not cleaned most days, streets without sidewalks or broken without light at night, if you want to recycle plastics you have to go more than 1 km to throw it away because there are recycling bins, I have had an apartment in happiness for 20 years paying the highest taxes that I know of so as not to have any necessities covered for something as simple as sidewalks and lampposts,
Denia is a beautiful city, it's a shame that they don't take care of their citizens to begin with. People live in Denia, the great forgotten ones who also pay taxes
As a foreign resident for years in Spain – Spanish residents must be the most important but there are small things – like there are no explanations or cartels or in Spanish/English (the most spoken languages almost in the world) for Spaniards in general and thousands of foreigners who visit, spend and like the city – nothing in English in the castle for example!
Thank you for your comment in Spanish. As for the cartels that are not in English, look at it from another perspective, it is an opportunity to learn another language, get acquainted a little and get closer to a society that you have chosen to visit on vacation.
You are an illiterate scoundrel.
Well, for being illiterate, I read and write quite well, as you can see, in addition to knowing several languages and being able to express myself without insulting anyone. Why do you insult? Tourette maybe? Cheer up!
You are right. Neither in English nor in Spanish. Just fucking Valencian. She begins to disgust going to Dénia.
Do you mean Pedro, don't you Pere? And also "fucking Valencian". Why insult? Are you family of Maria Ivars? Another Greeting!
You are absolutely right in the world.
It's a shame no English in the archaeological museum.
My German in-laws don't understand Spanish or Valencian so I had to translate on the spot.
This is how we take care of tourism? We are a country of tambourine unfortunately after living 12 years abroad I allow myself the pleasure of saying it to the 4 winds.
Right-wing political party does nothing x Dénia the left-wing idem of the same!
What a shame!
How come they don't have to understand? Do you want a red carpet too to receive them? Since you have lived abroad for so many years, can you indicate in which country you have the posters and the information in Spanish? Each country uses its official languages and if we visit them it is not difficult to understand this and use a mobile phone to search for translations. You say we're late? Perhaps your vision of life is the one that is delayed. Also, if we are so bad, why do so many foreigners choose to come and live in Spain like Kings? If most of them have been living here for more than 30 years and they don't even speak Spanish because they don't need it since they live in their "ghettos" with all kinds of services in their respective languages. Go to the UK for example, speak only in Spanish and ask for a Spanish breakfast in any Pub, not English breakfast, to see what they serve you. Please cry somewhere else.
What has become clear to me after all the mess is that it is sustainable sustainable sustainable….for it to be sustainable the first thing to do is remove both political and plugged in, there is currently 50% of all of them left over to start have a sustainable city
Palabreria sociata to fill the pockets of bagos and thugs.
That they are the ones who vote for the left.
They are maintained, who fill themselves with idiocy paid to agencies because they don't give for more.
Where it has been seen that the development of a population like Denia is based on the hospitality industry, they are ridiculous gobblers.
Palabreria sociata to fill the pockets of bagos and thugs.
That they are the ones who vote for the left.
And the population that eats stones... the sustainable economy is for the social group, not for tourists.