- 18-02-2019 10:26
- Velizar Petrov
Experts from Scotland, Italy, Albania and Bulgaria from the Slow Food
International Tradition Movement for
preservation of preserving the culinary traditions, representatives of municipalities and regional
administration, media and citizens, were acquainted with "Slow, Green and
Healthy Tourism" in Plovdiv during Gastrofeest and Farm Market, held on
February 16 in the hall for events at the newly opened "Central" restaurant.
At the beginning Mrs. Snejana Aleksandrova district administration
Plovdiv, Strategic partner in the "INSiGHTS - integrated strategies to
slow, green and healthy tourism", delivered greetings from the Regional
Governor of Plovdiv Mr. Zdravko Dimitrov.
What has been achieved so far under the project "INSiGHTS"
with a focus on pilot actions and eco-routes was presented by Mr. Velizar
Petrov, Executive director of RDA with NSC for SMEs (Regional Development
Agency with Business Support Center for Small and Medium Enterprises).
The participants in the event had the opportunity to discuss formally
and informally the topics related to slow food and slow tourism, as well as to
taste home-made traditional Bulgarian foods, which include also naturalized
Englishmen. Youths, volunteers at the Plovdiv 2019 Foundation, cooperated in
conducting the event, taking a lot of photos and conducting feedback with the
participants
During the meeting it was announced that the approval of the Integrated
strategy for slow, green and healthy tourism at regional level is expected in
March this year.

