San Sebastián will host the World Gastronomy Tourism Spotlight in May 2019

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Basque Culinary Center (BCC) will co-organize the 5th UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism on 2-3 May 2019 at the Kursaal Congress Center in Donostia-San Sebastián.

The Forum, supported by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of Spain, the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the City of Donostia-San Sebastián, will focus on the contribution of gastronomy tourism to job creation and to the promotion of entrepreneurship in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Tourism is a huge source of employment and its multiplier effect has a knock-on effect on other sectors, such as gastronomy.

The UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism was created in 2015 with the aim of promoting the exchange of experiences between experts in tourism and gastronomy, to identify good practices and to promote gastronomy tourism as a factor of development of countries. The selection of the city of Donostia-San Sebastián as the venue for the Forum for a third year confirms the international success of its efforts to feature high-quality gastronomy tourism offerings.

For more information on the conference, please consult this page.