Tumbes city to offer dishes at food festival

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 Lima, Oct. 30. The 12th edition of “Peru mucho gusto” Food Festival will offer over 50 dishes from 16 Peruvian regions, Peru’s Export and Tourism Promotion Board (PromPeru) announced. 

Held in Tumbes city (Peru’s northern Tumbes region) on November 4-6, the food fair will gather the best restaurants, traditional eateries, pastry shops and bars, distributed over 34 stands.

"Peru Mucho Gusto food festival will be hosted by Tumbes for the second time. The fair is part of PromPeru’s strategy to promote inter-regional and frontier tourism, this time with our neighboring nation Ecuador," PromPeru Tourism Promotion Director Marisol Acosta highlighted.

"The fair also seeks to generate tourist flow in these three days. This will contribute to dynamizing local economy, integrating regions and spreading knowledge about other Peruvian destinations," she added.

Peru Mucho Gusto’s 12th edition will be held at Alberto Terranova sports center in Tumbes city.

It is expected to welcome 17,000 attendees. Nearly 10% of said visitors are expected to come from Ecuador, according to PromPeru.

Entry to the food festival is free by presenting an identity card and three recyclable plastic bottles.

Samples of the different regional dishes will cost between US$2.00 (small portion) and US$4.00 (big portion).

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