Sede Electrónica

The honorary designation of "Festival of Tourist Interest of the Autonomous Community" will be awarded to those festivals or events that are held in the Autonomous Community of Cantabria and offer real interest from the tourist point of view, involve a manifestation of cultural values and popular tradition, with special consideration for their ethnological characteristics, and that have a special importance as a tourist attraction.

For the granting of the declaration, special account will be taken of the antiquity of the celebration of the festival or event in question, its continuity over time and the originality and diversity of the acts that are carried out.

It may be requested by the corresponding City Council and by the Centres for Tourism Initiatives or by interested organisations, associations or individuals by means of an application addressed to the Directorate General of Tourism.

All year round.

Online submission

At the General Electronic Registry

Art. 14. 2 of the Law 39/2015, of 1 October, of the Common Administrative Procedure of the Public Administrations, establishes the obligatory nature of the electronic management for certain subjects as, for example, a) The juridical persons, b) Entities without legal personality, c) Those who carry out a professional activity for which compulsory membership is required, for the procedures and actions they carry out with the Public Administrations in the exercise of said professional activity. In any case, within this group, notaries and property and mercantile registrars shall be included. d) Those who represent an interested party who is obliged to relate electronically with the Administration, e) The employees of the Public Administrations for the procedures and actions that they carry out with them due to their condition of public employee, in the form in which it is determined by regulation by each Administration.

Place(s) for in-person submission

In person: At the Registration Assistance Office of the Directorate General of Tourism located in the Science and Technology Park of Cantabria, C/Albert Einstein, 4 in Santander or in any of the established places referred to in article 134 of the Law of Cantabria 5/2018, of 22 November, of the Legal Regime of the Government, the Administration and the Institutional Public Sector of the Autonomous Community of Cantabria.

If the application is sent by post, it must be submitted in an open envelope so that the name of the office and the date, place, hour and minute of its admission by the postal staff are clearly stated at the head of the first page of the document, in accordance with the provisions of Article 31 of Royal Decree 1829/1999. of 3 December, which approves the Regulation regulating the provision of postal services insofar as it does not conflict with Law 43/2010, of 30 December, on the universal postal service, on the rights of users and the postal market.

Electronically: Through the Common Electronic Registry of the Administration of the Autonomous Community of Cantabria at the electronic address "sede.cantabria.es".

Decree 12/1993, of 29 March, which creates and regulates the honorary designation of Festival of Regional Tourist Interest (BOC no. 65, of 1 April 1993). Law 5/1999, of 24 March, on the regulation of tourism in Cantabria (BOC no. 3, of 26 March 1999).

- Decree 12/1993, of 29 March, which creates and regulates the honorary designation of Festival of Regional Tourist Interest (BOC no. 65, of 1 April 1993).

- Law 5/1999, of 24 March, on the regulation of tourism in Cantabria (BOC no. 3, of 26 March 1999).

Optional appeal for reconsideration.
When the applicant is a Local Entity, against the resolution that is issued, it may formulate a prior request to the contentious-administrative route within two months, or directly a contentious-administrative appeal within the same period.

Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sport for the appeal for reconsideration.
High Court of Justice for the contentious appeal.