The 1st Nature Tourism Exhibition of the Algarve Nature Week attracted around six thousand people to the Ribeirinho de Faro, between Friday and Sunday.
Over the three days of the event, many accepted the invitation of companies and entities to experience the activities that the region has to offer, linked to the endogenous resources and natural heritage of the Algarve.
Figures that justify the re-edition of the event, already in 2016. At the end of the exhibition, this Sunday, the president of the Algarve Tourism Region (RTA) Desidério Silva announced that, next year, the event will take place in the municipality of Loulé.
For now, no date has yet been set, nor has the exact location officially revealed where this fair to promote nature-related tourism will take place. But, as guaranteed by Desidério Silva to Sul Informação, will be held «out of the high season, in the period between the end of winter and the beginning of spring», since the intention is that this fair and the products it presents «are an asset to combat seasonality»
The head of Algarve Tourism, who organized the event in partnership with public and private Algarve entities, did not hesitate to make "an exceptional assessment" of the Nature Tourism Show. «It was the first year and we were able to provide more than 130 experiences, offered by the entities and around 24 companies present. From what I found out, the agents were, overall, satisfied with the exhibition», he said.
For Desidério Silva, the best thing that came out of this fair was the strengthening of the relationship between the various agents working in the area. «Increasingly it is noticed that the entities are working together, which did not happen many times before. There were companies that strengthened ties and started thinking about joint offers that complement each other. I think that the relationship of trust between the partners has increased», he considered.
Another objective fulfilled was, for the president of RTA, the promotion of this market niche. «It was a stone in the pond. We have carried out many actions and sought to publicize what is being done in the region, in this area. With this exhibition, we demonstrated the enormous potential that Nature Tourism has and the contribution it can make to reduce seasonality», he said.
In the three days of the exhibition, which was the final event of the Algarve Nature Week, qIt had several moments, in different parts of the region, between 11 and 19 April, the weather even helped. But the sun and mild temperatures are not fundamental for many of the activities that were promoted at Parque Ribeirinho de Faro.
Examples are bird watching, donkey, horse, boat, bicycle and on foot rides, and discovering the Algarve's natural secrets, activities that can be undertaken at any time of the year. If to this we add the artisan products and the knowledge and flavors typical of the region, we are left with a vast menu of experiences.
The preparation of another Algarve Nature Week and respective Nature Tourism Exhibition will start now. “We will meet with our partners and collect suggestions from those who participated. We will keep what was good and correct what, eventually, went less well», assured Desidério Silva.
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