Nayarit Wins Excelencias Turísticas 2017 Award For Its Exclusive, Gastronomy Efforts.

March 5, 2018
Blog, Puerto Vallarta

Gastronomy’ comes on second top to attract tourists, voyage-gurus & Nature-pacifists to visit and explore a world of splendid destination spots when it comes to spending vacations in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Besides, the lavish dining in elite restaurants & local cuisines on the chest-top among the top attractions within a smoky, all-inclusive Mexico vacation deals of the region, right besides those popular “fun in the sun” attractions- everything is fanatical.

Realizing this Mexican heritage, the essence of gastronomy as a ‘gateway’ to fascinate more & more tourists every year- whether repeated ones or new ones – has always been a hot debate favored by several POV’s and talk shows held at multiple past conferences and seminars during the pre-historical events that took place at Vallarta Nayarit Gastronómica, Puerto Vallarta. 

Recently, the state of Nayarit has been awarded with a prestige award of ‘Excelencias Turísticas’ for the year 2017, upon exhibiting an amazing display of how Gastronomy can be successfully promoted these days as a ‘Cornerstone’ on account of Riviera Nayarit’s Tourism Promotion, during the 18th edition of the 2018’s International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid, Spain.

The event was made to be hosted by Mr.Raúl Rodrigo Pérez, Nayarit’s Secretary of Tourism, where he explained down several key ways of how Gastronomy can benefit the ever-expanding tourism industry within the landscapes of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

He further added, “The best way to promote our state is through its gastronomy, which is our culture, our flavor and our riches. The gastronomy of a people speaks for itself. Between Vallarta and Nayarit our cuisine is top notch and it brings us repeat visitors, making us one of the most important destinations in the country.”

Spain was made the guest county.

The brand has been a mile stone since after it’s advent way back 10 years ago with gastronomy, being featured as a ‘key’ asset to attract tourists coming to Riviera Nayarit and eventually, to improve the economic backbone within Mexico vacation destinations universally and to activate strategies of what better can be done in order to promote the beauty among visitors round the year for international sales.

The trophy got a mutual receive by hands of three pristine holders: Eulalio Coronado Mendoza, State Secretary of Tourism, and Marc Murphy, director of the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) from the hands of José Carlos de Santiago, President of the Evaluating Committee of Grupo Excelencias, for their appreciated efforts.

This year, the Mexican tourist sphere has taken one step ahead with Premios Excelencias, announcing the honorable release of 21 state-welfare projects and personalities that were placed in separate categories, all of them carrying an outstanding path within the tourism, cultural and culinary sectors. The state of Nayarit has exceptionally won the hearts of the citizens by being truly committed with the state’ tourism industry within this group of competitive companies

The below golden words by Marc Muphy adds as a milestone in the history of Mexico,

“Gastronomy is a key asset of the region and one of the main objectives is to transform Mexico’s Pacific Treasure into a culinary destination par excellence,” said Marc Murphy. “Together with its natural attractions, its hotel infrastructure and its services, this asset helps elevate the destination’s level of competitiveness.”

The celebrated presence chef Betty Vázquez, Culinary Ambassador for the Riviera Nayarit, had added more weight to the fruitful dynamics of the event.  She has been a global-level participant at the most crucial conventions and culinary happenstances and has always appointed as one of the jury members at the key Master Chef seasons that took place within Mexico since, its inauguration.

The chef was invited as a special guest for the Ministry of Tourism, during the launch of the Mexico Pavilion on Wednesday, January 17 for the ‘great ‘ cause, where she got the opportunity to present a free taste trial of some of the most exotic flavors of Nayarit , together with Mexican restaurant Tepic situated in Madrid region, for the attendees to enjoy an unlimited cuisine session  bathed in delicious aroma and colorful tangs, which is a specialty at the Mexican food pavilions with fresh ceviches of Nayarit.

“All of Nayarit is fertile ground, and the ample variety of foodstuff you can find in its beaches, valleys and mountains is enough to surprise every visitor,” chef Betty reported her comments in the end.

The promotional work of the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Bahía de Banderas Hotel and Motel Association, kept the day going with dancing press cocktails that were shared among the top 29 media journalists who attended the event from Spanish media, including Vogue, Expansión, Cosmopolitan, El Español, Tentaciones de El País, Glamour, Guía del Ocio, In Style and Gastronomistas- to name a few.

Chef Betty, on January 19th, presented a Mexican-specialized menu design at Tepic restaurant, one of the joint conglomerate working with the Riviera Nayarit since the year 2011 when it launched its self-pavilion at Madrid’s Fitur, as a token of celebration on the occasion of its 10th anniversary in the company of a partner chef de cuisine, Ángel Rodríguez.


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