The Director General of Domestic Tourism Development of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts said: expert meetings were held to compile the road map of Iran’s food tourism and preliminary studies have been done and the road map of Iran’s food tourism will be published soon.
According to the report of jahane-gardesh, quoted by IRNA, food tourism is one of the types of tourism that can play an important role in attracting tourists. This type of tourism is related to the customs and culture of each country and is attractive for visitors who come from other countries of the world with a different culture and are ready to experience the culture and customs of their food. Currently, food tourism in the world earns more than 200 billion dollars.
Food tourism seeks unique and memorable eating and drinking experiences, both near and far. Food tourism can have its own tours as a different type of motivation in tourism. Culinary tours and travel packages can include a wide range of culinary activities, food sampling, food trends, drinks and baking.
The World Food Travel Association estimates that food and beverage costs account for 15 to 35 percent of total tourism spending, depending on the affordability of the destination. The WFTA lists the potential benefits of food tourism as more visitors, more sales, more media attention, increased tax revenue and more community pride.
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In an interview with IRNA’s tourism reporter, Seyed Mostafa Fatemi said: With the beginning of the work of the 13th government, with the approach of paying attention and focusing on thematic and specialized tourism, the National Committee for Food Tourism and the National Network of Food Tourism Experts of the General Departments of the Ministry of Heritage Culture, tourism and crafts were formed.
The Director General of Domestic Tourism Development of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage added: In the past year, with the help of experts in the field of tourism and private sector activists, in addition to the national and global registration food database, the database of scientific and global food tourism events based on scientific and international documents and banks Information on food products and product groups, food packaging, and the use of articles and books by Iranian food tourism elders and food souvenirs was compiled. Also, expert meetings are being held to prepare and compile a road map for food tourism in Iran, preliminary studies have been done and this map will be published soon.
The database of “Foods of National and World Registration” and “Scientific and World Events of Food Tourism”, databases in the field of food products and commodity groups and food packaging have been compiled, he pointed to the cooperation with scientific and academic societies and said: the scientific committee of food tourism for The review of articles and books sent in the field of food tourism has been organized with the cooperation of professors in the name of the university in order to use this capacity in various occasions and programs.
Fatemi emphasized the necessity of creating a discourse and teaching the concepts of food tourism among the experts of the provinces and said: In the past year, in order to get familiar with the concepts of food tourism and also how to create a Food Street in big and tourist-friendly cities, virtual training courses and classes were held. Online for food tourism experts and tourism deputies of the general departments of cultural heritage has been held in the provinces.
The Director General of Domestic Tourism Development of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage said: We held several meetings with food tourism organizations, associations and NGOs as the most important components of the tourism industry chain to create a food tourism research committee or working group. Tourism has been launched.
He pointed to the formation of the food tourism federation and the creation of specialized tables in this field and added: in the past year, in the form of a scientific secretariat with the presence of cooking professors and instructors, researchers and researchers in the field of food tourism, managers of knowledge-based companies, university professors, representatives Organizations, associations and tourism associations of the country, food bloggers, media representatives and managers of food and food brands, four specialized tables of Iranian food, food of the nations, bread and sweets, warm and cold food have been formed.
events with the topic of food tourism in different cities of Iran 20
According to this report, Zahra Larijani, the expert in charge of food tourism of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, said about the events and programs of the food tourism specialized tables: In the past year, the first seminar on the explanation and development of Iranian food with the approach of food standardization in traditional restaurants and canteens, the first training workshop Metaverse in food tourism and the second seminar on the explanation and development of Iranian food with the approach of food standardization in public and private organizations and offices were held in cooperation with the Restaurant Industry Congress.
The head of Iran’s Food Tourism Experts Center mentioned the first meeting of the Food Tourism Table of Nations in June 1401 and added: Food tourism is event-oriented, in this context, in cooperation with the Armenian Tourism Federation in the city of Sisyan, in holding the first festival linking Iran’s culture and food tourism. We participated in Armenia; Also, with the cooperation of the Iranian Embassy in Armenia, we participated and cooperated in organizing the Food Tourism Festival, which was held in the Blue Mosque of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.
In the space of two months (July and August 1401), the first meeting of the bread and sweet tourism table and the first hot and cold food tourism table were held, and the database and list of types of Iranian bread and sweets were prepared and the teachers and professional chefs of bread and sweets were identified. And preparing a database and a list of types of hot and cold drinks and identifying professional baristas were on the agenda.
Referring to the participation in holding twenty conferences, exhibitions, festivals and seminars on food tourism in different cities of Iran, Larijani said: cooperation, spiritual support, planning and creation of a scientific committee in line with holding the first and second national event of Iran and food tourism In the new century (in March 1400 and October 1401), participation in the exhibition of food tourism and Iranian food souvenirs and tables in the cities of Ardabil, Sanandaj, Karaj and Shiraz in the fall of 1401 is one of the measures that have been taken in the field of food tourism. .
The expert in charge of food tourism of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage stated: During this period, we supported the holding of the conference of Iranian food chefs with the approach of explaining the plan of Iranian cuisine (development and explanation of Iranian food); At the same time, last year we were also present at the sixth food tourism summit of the World Tourism Organization, which was held virtually in Bruges, Belgium.
Food tourism training workshop and food ambassador tour of Iran
Larijani noted: Also, a training workshop on healthy eating and food tourism for international patients by the Scientific Secretariat of the Iranian Food Tourism Board and the Food Board of Nations of one of the hotels in Tehran at the Ramtin Hotel in Tehran, to improve the training of hospital food department managers in order to increase the length of stay of foreign patients in Iran was held.
The expert in charge of food tourism of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage said: planning and coordinating the tour of Iranian food tourism ambassadors with camper vans and caravans, entitled from Persia to Karmania (on the way to Kariz) in the three provinces of Fars, Yazd and Kerman, in cooperation with the general tourism departments and tourism organizations and The municipalities of these provinces were held with the approach of producing different content and introducing and revitalizing native and local foods.
The head of the Center of Iranian Food Tourism Specialists stated: One of the programs carried out in the last few months was the tour of Iranian food ambassadors with campers and caravans on the route of Turkey from Tehran to the city of Trabzon, Turkey, with the approach of introducing Iranian culture and food and with the presence of Prominent chefs of Iran and Turkey were organized by the Scientific Secretariat of the Food Tourism Table of Iran and Nations in cooperation with Torsab Turkey.
He added: There is also another tour by the Scientific Secretariat of the Tourism Desk of Iranian Food and Nations in cooperation with the Iranian Embassy in Armenia and the Armenian Tourism Federation, for Iranian food ambassadors with the cooperation of the private sector and with campers and caravans on the way to Armenia and in two cities of this country. Sisian and Yerevan) with the presence of famous chefs of Iran and Armenia, with the approach of introducing Iranian culture and food. / End
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