Tarragona DTapes, is established as gastronomy offer

Tarragona. Costa Dorada. The third edition has positioned "Tarragona DTapes" as a major reference food of Catalonia, and has increased in just three years, an initiative that is being exported to other parts of the country. This morning the House of Tarragona has done the initial evaluation of the promotion, which ended yesterday, and has mobilized over 15,000 people and has done so much boiling as the city of Tarragona and Torredembarra Vilaseca around tapas served by 57 establishments. Alberto Abelló, president of the Chamber of Tarragona, was very satisfied with the results and wanted to emphasize the crucial role in promoting our offer of restoration is the "Tarragona DTapes": vital and very welcome addition in times of recession like today. "During these days together we had the opportunity to meet and places unknown to many culinary proposals. "Tarragona DTapes" also brings that element of discovery of local interesting. Again, the kitchens have been at full capacity and the first assessments show that the number of tapes have been served far exceeded the most optimistic forecasts have been scrubbed because the 160,000 purchases, which means an increase of 18 per percent over last year. "A very respectable and we suspect it will be difficult to overcome, since the bar is now very high." So the President of the Corporation has shown favor in future editions to bet even more for quality. "It must be the main argument of our promotion, which allows us to maintain these numbers for participation and support, while we stand as a benchmark to remain the undisputed capital of the Catalan tapas.." While the rain the last two weekends, especially Saturday deslluït may have some results, however the number of events scheduled during these days the city has acted clearly as an adjunct to promote "Tarragona DTapes. As for the novelties of this year, more than 4,000 people have registered on the website www.dtapes.com so right not only to have their say on the promotion, vote for best cover in different categories, but also to take part in the daily raffle of over $ 3,000 in gifts. Overall, we have distributed more than 1,600 prizes. Suffice to say that the deadline to register and vote is not yet closed because it does not conclude until 17 May. The website has been great this year showcase "Tarragona DTapes" since received over 25,000 visits. Minor, besides, deserves another novelty this year: the "Top Nuit" which has recorded a very good acceptance, which has led both the seven percent of the total consumed caps. The awards ceremony for winners establishments, at the discretion of the Internet, will take place on June 1 at 7pm at the Chamber of Tarragona, in the presence of the renowned chef Sergi Arola  

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