This year, the World Tourism Day – September 27^th - was celebrated in Greece at Ramada Plaza Thraki, with an International Workshop entitled "Food Tourism: A Piece Of Cake?".

The workshop was organized under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Tourism and the World Food Travel Association (WFTA), by Respond On Demand and Τop Τοurism, two tourism development consultancies in Greece and whose owners serve as ambassadors of the WFTA in Greece.

Eight esteemed speakers from various countries, including the food tourism industry and WFTA founder Erik Wolf, talked about food tourism sharing their valuable experience for the benefit of tourism developers in Greece and surrounding areas. A few of the speakers are pictured on this page, and the full list of speakers is available here.

The nearly 100 industry professionals comprising the audience attended the full day event with great interest. When the speeches were over, a storytelling event took place just for the international speakers to introduce them to regional culinary specialties. They tasted local products and discussed their impressions with local tourism and culinary experts. Education and food tasting - perfect partners for a workshop. The day ended with an official gala dinner.

Workshop sponsors included: Kafe-Passion, Eλαιοτριβείο Κύκλωπας - Kyklopas Extra Virgin Olive Oil Filos Holidays And Travel, Μαύρη Θάλασσα, Ai Giorgis Tavern - Alexandroupolisand Ramada Plaza Thraki.

The success of this first food tourism workshop shows that this sector is of great interest in Greece and is going to be developed a lot in the future.

On October 7, 2019, this workshop will repeat under the FoodTreX Thessaloniki | Regional Food Tourism Summit brand, an official event of the World Food Travel Association.