Minister says tapas should get World Heritage status

Spain’s Minister for Culture Íñigo Méndez de Vigo has called on Unesco to declares that Tapas should be given World Heritage status
because of its “universal” appeal.

In a call to Unesco’s director general, the minister said that Tapas was Spain’s National dish, and should be given the same
protection as flamenco dancing and Catalonian “castells”.

Spain has the third highest number of Unesco-recognised sites and exports in the world with 44, after Italy with 51 and China with
48.

In March, the Italian ministry for culture announced it had applied to get pizza added to the list of Intangible Heritages.