- 6/5/2013
The Ministry of industry, energy and tourism, through Turespaña, signed an agreement with the association of Cities in wine
Three new wine tourist routes in Spain, for before the end of the year.
- With the impetus given by the National and Comprehensive Tourism Plan, the food and wine offer is consolidated in our country as a factor of tourism competitiveness.
- Gastronomy is the main motivation for travel for more than 10% of international tourists who visit us.
06.06.2013. The Secretary of State for Tourism and president of the Spanish Tourism Institute (Turespaña), Isabel Borrego, and the president of the Spanish Association of Small and Medium-sized Wine Cities (ACEVIN), Diego Ortega Abengózar, signed today in Ronda a new collaboration agreement between both institutions that will expand, among other issues, this Tourist Product Club into three new wine tourist routes.
With the impetus given by the National and Comprehensive Tourism Plan, the food and wine offer is consolidated in our country as a factor of tourism competitiveness. Gastronomy is the main motivation for travel for more than 10% of international tourists who visit us.
The Spanish Wine Routes Product Club is made up of 20 destinations or Wine Routes certified in accordance with the Spanish Wine Routes brand and quality system accredited by ACEVIN and Turespaña.
The main objective of this agreement, which will be valid for one year, is, in addition to establishing the three new wine routes for the current year, to delve into the work being carried out by the Secretary of State for Tourism and ACEVIN in the promotion of partner cities, as well as managing the systems and processes in the field of quality of the tourist offer of this product.
Acevin is a representative association of wine cities, more than eighty throughout Spain, which has, among other purposes, to promote the economic diversification of its member communities.