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Event Details

Food-Related Tourism

When
Thu 23 September 2010
6pm - 9pm

Details
Dr Sally Everett, Head of the University's Tourism Research Institute, is leading a team of researchers to examine how food-related tourism can deliver social, environmental, economic and cultural sustainable development in rural regions and communities.

Tourism is widely recognised as a valuable economic and social lifeline for rural communities. Food tourism is being increasingly embraced as a vehicle of development because it offers a means of enhancing and extending the tourist spend without compromising the environmental, social or cultural fabric of the region.

There is a close link between food tourism and the development of sustainable food systems. Associated with the increase in 'special interest tourism', its role as an instrument of regeneration is now openly recognised in government policies, destination marketing strategies and travel media coverage. This cutting-edge research will demonstrate how food tourism can contribute to the broader agenda of sustainable food systems and delivery.

Cost
£10 inclusive of VAT

Event Contact Details
Gary Kirby
0800 328 5334

Organised By
University of Bedfordshire

'Changing Lives' is the theme of the exciting new Knowledge Network programme for 2010.

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