- 03-12-2018 15:18
- Velizar Petrov
Over 50
representatives from the tourism industry (Tourism Council, restaurateurs, tour
operators, tour guides, etc.), regional chitalishte
(typical
Bulgarian public institutions that performs educational activities)
and
informal groups of Plovdiv, Stara Zhelezare Belashtitsa, Hrabrino, Markovo and other
national and local coordinators of the movement Slow Food in Bulgaria, mayors,
NGOs and media discussed on December 1, 2018 in the Green Workshop in Plovdiv
the Concept of a Tourist Route for Slow Green and Healthy Tourism.
It
was developed by EDA with BCS for SMEs (Regional Development Agency with
Business Support Center for SMEs - Plovdiv) within the project "INSiGHTS -
Integrated strategies to slow, green and healthy tourism", funded by the
Transnational Cooperation Program " Danube 2014-2020 ".
"Business
is an ecosystem. It is a symbiosis where the most diverse companies are most likely
to survive and thrive, creating partnerships with other companies, customers
and even competitors. This is especially true for the tourism sector. And as a
tourist route is a complex product with many "players", the rupture
of this symbiosis leads eventually to offer poor quality final product, "-
said Velizar Petrov, Executive of RDA with BCS for SMEs – Plovdiv.
Any one of you present at our meeting can find its place in this common tourist
product “– said he.
"Today we
have gathered as followers working to promote the slow-food movement as an
alternative to unhealthy lifestyles and fast food. A slow diet is an integral
part of slow, green and healthy tourism." - said
Gergana Kabaivanova, regional coordinator of the Slow Diet Movement. “"We
have chosen this date because it is the beginning of the Earth Day celebration
(Terra Madre Day) – she
said..
With
interesting international examples, we were introduced by Desislava Dimitrova,
national coordinator of the movement for Bulgaria.
The meeting
ended with gastrofest and informal meetings between participants.
For
more information
032/902399
Velizar
Petrov
The event is part of the project "INSiGHTS -
Integrated Strategies for Slow, Green and Healthy Tourism". The project is
co-funded by EU funds (ERDF, IPA) through the Danube Transnational Cooperation
Program 2014-2020.