UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism returns to San Sebastian (Spain)

14-09-23

Held under the theme "Gastronomic Tourism: Back to the Roots", the Forum will focus on the connections between product, gastronomy and tourism. Over three days, industry professionals, leading experts and institutional representatives will participate in live debates, keynote speeches, hands-on workshops and cooking demonstrations with local and international chefs and producers.

The event will host many of the world's leading figures in gastronomy and tourism, including Qu Dongyu, Director-General of FAO; Paolo Di Croce, Director General of Slow Food (Italy); Célia Tunc, Secretary General of the Collège Culinaire de France; Fatmata Binta, winner of BCWP 2022 and to be appointed UNWTO Ambassador for Responsible Tourism on the occasion; and confirmed speakers from Brazil, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Italy, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Spain and Switzerland.

n addition, forum attendees will have the opportunity to choose from five different excursions to experience and savour local gastronomy: "Rioja Alavesa, wine tourism excellence", "Rural flavours of the Basque Country and the Idiazabal territory", "Urola Kosta: fishing villages, landscapes and flavours of dreams", "A sea of mountains, Gorbeialdea and the Arratia Valley" and "Bizkaia - Urdaibai Coast".