Answer:
It had access to valuable spices.
Step-by-step explanation:
Vasco da Gama's voyage was significant to the Portuguese because it opened a new route to the Indian spice trade. Europeans and other groups of people were willing to pay well for India's spice, but the land routes were controlled by Ottoman Turks. The Dutch, French, and British later followed Portugal's sea route themselves, fighting with each other and the Indians to gain control of the valuable trade.