The second edition of the Sabores de Yucatán Festival , leveraged with three international events, will put Yucatán in the eyes of world on November this year.
Around these four high-end tourist events that will take place from November 16 to 20, 2023 in Mérida and other alternate venues, Yucatecan gastronomy becomes the central axis of the promotion, strengthening, and global positioning of Yucatan as a tourist destination, due to the excellent pairing that Mexican food has with the exquisite wines, beers, and spirits that are an inevitable complement to each meal.
“These events will position Yucatan in the gastronomic world top,” said Cristian Badua, director of The Best Chefs Awards in a virtual message from Poland to the press conference held today at the Wayan Mérida hotel. “We are sure that Yucatan is the perfect place for our event.”
In this event, the presence of one hundred high-end chefs from various countries of the world is expected , some very famous and others with high influence in the gastronomic tourism field.
Wine World Cup in Merida
For his part, Baudain Havaux , president of the Brussels World Wine Contest, assured that when he informed that this year the wine tasting and the contest will be in Yucatan , many of the famous tasters, producers and businessmen of this wine industry signed up. without thinking about it to live this experience of visiting Yucatan.
“In this world cup , some 15,000 wines from various parts of the world are tasted . Mexico is coming to Mexico for the first time and we chose Yucatán because it is a consuming state. The most important wine tasters who are professionals and media will come. Yucatán will be in the eyes of the world even if it does not produce wine”.Read:
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It was also reported that this type of international event allows one to learn about the new trends in beverages and gastronomy that are the inseparable pairing, discover new local ingredients, learn about the entity’s gastronomic heritage and, above all, promote the tourist destination that hosts the events.
Flavors of Yucatan Festival 2023 in Mérida
These events reported the following: the second edition of the Yucatan Flavors Festival will be from November 16 to 20, 2023.
Within the framework of this festival, The Best Chef Awards contest will be held from November 17 to 19; the seventh edition of the Mexico Selection by Concours Mundial de Bruxelles from 15 to 18; and the Barra México meeting from November 17 to 19.
Michelle Fridman said that the challenge of this second edition of the Yucatan Flavors Festival is to exceed the 12,000 visitors that came to the first edition.
In addition, he hopes that with the impact of these events, more international and national tourists will come, that overnight stays will increase and that the economic benefit will be greater and extend to the entire production chain of the local tourism industry.
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