In 2020 we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Annual tourist guides meeting in Alps Adriatic region. In 2020 we are going to meet for the 10th time and this time closer to Adriatic as in 2019 we were closer to the Alps in beautiful Klagenfurt, Austria.
We are meeting in the European capital of culture 2020. Rijeka (Fiume, Sankt Veit am Flaum) is the port of diversity, located on the Adriatic shore and surrounded by Grobnik Alps. It perfectly presents a combination of Mediterranean and Alpine worlds.
Tourist guides are essential link in tourism industry and cross-cultural exchange, connecting different cultures, stakeholders and building bridges between people. As such, they can be main accelerators of cross boarder cooperation and cultural, as well as business exchange. Annual meeting of tourist guides 2020 will explore the unlimited possibilities of gastrodiplomacy and will discuss possible options to strengthen the cooperation in Alps Adriatic region with culinary diplomacy.
PROGRAMME:
10.30 – 11.00 Registration
11.00 – 11.15 Welcome and introduction
11.15 – 11.25 Alps Adriatic region and its value in tourism industry –
Maja Campelj, G-Guides, Slovenia
11.25 – 11.35 What is Gastrodiplomacy? Maria Athanasopoulou –
Chairwoman of World food travel assocciation
11.35 – 12.00 Gastrodiplomacy in Alps Adriatic region:
11.35 – 11.40 Jelena Holenko (Croatia) - Lynx and Fox - Tastes of
Gorski Kotar county
11.40 – 11.45 Prodan family (Croatia): Truffle hunting experience,
Prodan tartufi
11.45 – 11.50 Discover Friuli - Gastro offer from Friuli
region
11.50 – 11.55 Irena Fonda (Slovenia), Fonda fish farm
11.55 – 12.00 Sigrid Alber (Austria), Graz culinary capital of Austria,
Austria guides
12.00 – 12.10 How tourist guides can contribute to gastrodiplomacy?
Tina Hudnik, G-Guides
12.10 – 13.00 PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW WE CAN BETTER CONNECT
ALPS ADRIATIC REGION WITH GASTRODIPLOMACY?
Moderated by Maja Čampelj, G-Guides
Panelists:
Sigrid Alber, Austria guides
Irena Fonda, Fonda fishfarm, Slovenia
Jelena Holenko, Lynx and Fox, Croatia
Prodan family, Truffle hunting experience, Croatia
Sonia Cos, Discover Friuli, Italy
Tina Hudnik, G-Guides, Slovenia
13.00 COMPLIMENTARY LIGHT LUNCH
14.00 – 16.00 POST MEETING PROGRAMME
Hosted by: Alessandra Cuculić, Dalida Jurčić Marković, Igor Pap,
Sonja Tudor (Udruga turističkih vodiča Liburnia)
GUIDED TOUR OF EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2020
(available in: English, German, Italian, Croatian)
17.00 – 19.00 KALTENBERG ADRIA BEER TOUR
