To advance and shape a tourism model for the 21st century based on innovation, technology, sustainability and accessibility – these are the aims of the World Conference on Smart Destinations to be held in Murcia on 15-17 February, organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Ministry of Energy, Tourism
Public Health England has issued a new publication to help commissioners gather robust evidence of the effectiveness of arts projects. New guidance for practitioners on how best to document the impact of arts for health and wellbeing projects has been published by Public Health England. It proposes a standard framework
Italy has launched an international search for a new director for its most recognisable landmark – the Colosseum, where sweat-stained gladiators once fought to the death and terrified wild animals were slaughtered in their tens of thousands. The ancient amphitheatre in Rome attracts five million visitors a year but has
According to Food Babe, one of the most insidious ways the food industry poisons us is by dousing all sorts of foods with “added sugar.” By “added sugar,” She’s talking about any sweetener that doesn’t occur naturally in a food. Added sugar is one of the biggest perpetrators of our
Aleppo, once one of the most renowned cities in Syria, has long been noted for its exquisite food. Its cuisine has been awarded a Grand Prix of Gastronomic Culture from the International Academy for Gastronomy, writes Lebanon-based chef Marlene Matar in The Aleppo Cookbook: Celebrating the Legendary Cuisine of Syria,
Engines on, Riga-Gauja region (Latvia) is on the starting line, ready to launch its year as 2017 European Region of Gastronomy. The first Riga Street Food Festival – Winter Edition is the unique and unprecedented gourmet event chosen for the grand opening, inaugurating a series of exciting initiatives organized by
The European Union today announced the two locales as 2017 European Capitals of Culture, which will bring a year of ramped up cultural programming that showcases “centuries of culture while using different art forms to address the socio-economic problems facing Europe today.” “The title of European Capital of Culture is
The urban gastronomy piqued the interest of the Seoul-based curator Bora Hong when she was asked to guest curate an exhibition on gastronomy for Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. “Activating the City: Urban Gastronomy” features over a dozen interactive projects—including live roundtable discussions with notable chefs, plus
Six restaurants in Strasbourg threw open their kitchens to refugee chefs in the run-up to Christmas, allowing them to serve the dishes of their homeland and bring together different cultures through food. the Refugee Food Festival was the initiative of Food Sweet Food, an organization that specializes in forming connections
As its number of trees dwindles, the coffee variety Benguet Arabica has been included in an international food listing meant to protect “endangered” and nearly extinct products. The coffee variety made its way to Slow Food’s Ark of Taste, a program that raises awareness about small-scale food productions and then
The World Tourism Organization Headquarters in Madrid, Spain, hosted today the presentation of the 3rdUNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism. The event will be held in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, on 8-9 May 2017. The Forum is organized by UNWTO in collaboration with UNWTO Affiliate Member, the Basque Culinary Center, as
The global movement of consumers, investor and workers around the world, SumOfUs, has launched a new sign petition campaign that has the main objective to stop cocoa slavery. According to SomeOfUS, more than 2 million children work in cocoa plantations chopping with machetes and applying toxic chemicals. Some of those
Over forty representatives of civil society organisations were invited as observers to the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) For the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions . The IGC Tenth Ordinary Session took place at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris 12-15 December 2016. Following the adoption of
The potential of spiritual tourism for young travellers was the subject of discussion in a workshop that concluded a project funded under the COSME programme for sustainable tourism solutions. The SPIRIT YOUTH workshop “Marketing and commercialisation of Spiritual Tourism for young consumers” took place in Barcelona on Thursday 2 December and was organised
Stakeholders were recommended the need to conduct research and documentation on traditional food and knowledge system, to promote indigenous seeds such as millets that are nutritious and suitable for all climates. They were also advised engagement with government stakeholders for collaborative work, promote cross learning and exchange programmes within partners
The world’s most popular food and household companies are selling food, cosmetics and other everyday staples containing palm oil tainted by shocking human rights abuses in Indonesia, with children as young as eight working in hazardous conditions, said Amnesty International in a new report published on 30 November 2016. The
