Macanese culinary is one of the highlights of the “Experience Macao – Portugal” mega promotion launched this week by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO).
One of the most distictive features in the projection of Macau’s tourist image is its gastronomy. And UNESCO’s decision to include the city in the network of Creative Cities in this area was a decisive argument.
Macau Tourism Promotion and Information Center in Portugal has been organizing a series of activities about Macanese food, as a means to promote Macau.
A small Eurasian community in Macau is hoping that their unique cuisine – a blend of Portuguese and Chinese cooking – will be the key ingredient to their culture’s survival.
Macanese gastronomy has a reserved place in the heart of the director of the Directorate of Tourism Services. To PLATFORMA, Helena de Senna Fernandes reveals the efforts made to make local cuisine one of Macau’s attractions, without ever forgetting the gradual implementation of sustainable practices “We managed to collect close to 300 recipes, manuscripts and publications”.
Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) joined hands once again with the Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) this time to participate in a gastronomy exhibition held this week in València, Spain, to promote Macao’s gastronomic culture together with other UNESCO Creative Cities of Gastronomy linked to the Silk Road.
“Macau’s designation as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in 2017 is highly relevant to help preserve Macau’s unique gastronomic cultural heritage,” states the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) to Macau Business.
Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is launching a series of videos on the Macao gastronomy website from March to June to manifest the cultural heritage and culinary artistry of Macanese cuisine, with the aim to reinforce Macao’s dedication to preserving gastronomic culture as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, in line with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Depois de Macau ter sido designada como Cidade Criativa da Gastronomia no dia 1 de Novembro de 2017 (31 de Outubro, hora no local do anúncio), o Governo da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau (RAEM) deu início, de imediato, ao plano de trabalho de quatro anos para o desenvolvimento de Macau como Cidade Criativa da Gastronomia.