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| The Murcia City Council and the Ministry of Tourism have managed to extend the title of Spanish Capital of Gastronomy for next year, after the suspension of the annual program due to the crisis of the coronavirus | The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, together with the Minister of Tourism, Youth and Sports, María Cristina Sánchez, the Councilor for Employment, Economic Promotion and Tourism, Pedro García, and the President of the organizing entity Spanish Capital of Gastronomy, Mariano Palacín, announced this morning that Murcia will revalidate its title as Spanish Capital of Gastronomy throughout 2021."We resume this project that was interrupted by the health crisis and we do it with the axes that guided us in 2020: gastronomy is culture and Murcia Gastronomic Capital has its roots in the idiosyncrasy and personality of Murcia.

Secondly, this is a project of the entire Region of Murcia, for which we will once again have all the mayors and mayors, as we did at the beginning of this project, to which the 45 municipalities of the Region have joined.

"Said the mayor, who added that" this is a collective project of Murcian civil society.The Ministry of Tourism and the Murcia City Council have managed to extend the gastronomic Spanish Capital for next year, after the suspension of almost the entire annual program prepared for the celebration of this culinary title due to the coronavirus crisis."Murcia will once again be the Gastronomic Capital of Spain in 2021.

We will have another new opportunity to claim the identity of our land, thus supporting Murcian hospitality and having more time to reactivate the sector," said José Ballesta during the event, which was held at the headquarters of the Murcia Capital Gastronomic office, on the ground floor of the Romea Theater, and added that "it will be another year ahead with the great challenge of placing the great wealth of our cuisine on the national gastronomic map" .In this way, Murcia will become the first city to hold the title for more than twelve months.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the hospitality sector of the Region, presidents of gastronomic routes and renowned chefs such as Pablo González, who holds 2 Michelin Stars.The city will resume part of its activity in the last quarter of 2020 based on the evolution of the pandemicDepending on the evolution of the pandemic, during the last quarter of 2020 there will be some events that were planned within this year's schedule, which will be carried out in the municipalities of the Region.

Subsequently, in 2021, the programming of joint activities between municipalities is planned, as well as national and international events.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia