A group of experts from the tourism sector meets in Dénia on June 28 and 29 to analyze from different perspectives the promotion of gastronomic tourism, the necessary sustainability and the development of local and regional tourism.
The conferences, which are entitled 'Challenges and opportunities of Sustainable Gastronomic Tourism', have been organized by the GASTERRA UA-Dénia Mediterranean Gastronomy Center, in collaboration with Turisme Generalitat and the Dénia Town Hall. They will be developed in the CdT Marina Alta-Dénia and will have at its inauguration the presence of the Autonomous Secretary of Tourism, Francesc Colomer, the mayor of Dénia, Vicent Grimalt and the vice-rector for Research at the UA, Juan Mora.
Conferences
The conference that opens the conference is entitled 'Food and wine tourism and Next Generation funds' and it will be carried out by María Velasco, adviser to the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Tourism.
To analyze the 'Public policies and instruments to encourage tourism' A round table will be held that brings together tourism technicians with extensive experience. It will be moderated by the professor of the Department of Human Geography of the UA, Salvador Palazón Ferrando, coordinator of the conference and will include the participation of: Javier Solsona, head of the Area of Innovation and Training of Turisme Comunitat Valenciana, José Luis Castroverde, head of the Promotion, Communication and Marketing Service of the Provincial Tourist Board of the Costa Blanca, Rosario Donderis, manager of the Consortium for the Economic and Activity Recovery of the Marina Alta (CREAMA) and Floren Terrades, director of the Office of Innovation and the Creativitat-UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy of the City Council of Dénia.
The second session will be devoted to analyzing the challenges and opportunities of gastronomic tourism from a business perspective. The moderator of the day will be the UA professor Xavier Amat and the table will be composed of Remedios Cerdá, general secretary of the Association of Hospitality and Tourism Entrepreneurs of La Marina Alta (AEHTMA), María Miñano, president of the Wine Route from Alicante, Gonzalo Estela, from Olis de Diània, Pep Romany, chef of the Pont Sec restaurant (Dénia), Evarist Miralles, chef-trainer of the Dénia CdT and José Manuel Bisetto, president of the Muntanya d'Alacant Rural GAL and founder of Agricologia .
Luís Pujol, destination manager of Saborea España, will close the conference with the conference 'More than a decade of the Saborea España product club: balance of results and future strategies'.
Registration for these conferences is free and face-to-face places are limited due to capacity, although it is also possible to follow them online. In both cases, registration is mandatory and can be done at this link or Traves de here.
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Tourism and sustainability do not go together but this new concept of sustainable gastronomic tourism is incoherent. What makes it sustainable for a large group of people to move to eat in another city or country? Where is the sustainability? In the tomatoes and prawns that are going to be served in industrial quantities? Selling a "gastronomic" dream while the population is getting poorer every day and real food more expensive? Is it sustainable to trade with the resources to which the people have access problems? that's immoral