Portugal’s Secretary of State for Tourism said in Lisbon today that Portugal and Spain constitute the largest tourist and gastronomic destination in the world, and emphasised that the two countries "increasingly work together" to promote themselves.
"If we add Portugal to Spain, we become the world's biggest touristic and gastronomic destination and this is the example we have here today," said Ana Mendes Godinho, at the opening of the gala to present the Michelin Guide to Spain and Portugal 2019, taking place in Lisbon for the first time.
Ana Mendes Godinho thanked Michelin, "for recognising the increasing importance of these two countries as a destination, the Iberian Peninsula, to promote gastronomy."
Earlier, the Secretary of State said that the Prime Minister, António Costa, was "the biggest enthusiast" for Portugal to host this ceremony, the tenth, which until this year always had been held in Spain.
