Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/03/2013
12:00 am

Location
Tower Hotel
17-19 Butcher St
Derry - Londonderry
County Derry
BT48 6HL

United Kingdom

Derry City Council are pleased to announce Friday 8th March as Tourism Focus Day.  Click here for the Programme.

Our Food Tourism journey takes place in the Tower Hotel at 1PM  and celebrity chefs Noel McMeel and Ian Orr  will present on how to  maximize the opportunities in food tourism development through food provenance and diversification.  Michele and other leading experts in food from Northern Ireland and beyond will cook up a master class for tourism businesses interested in maximising the potential of their food offering. The event will focus on the growing potential for local food tourism the associated benefits for visitors, tourism businesses and the economy

Food is an essential part of the visitor experience to Northern Ireland and our food, like our golf, is very much coming to the fore. Our local produce, feeding into our restaurant tables, local businesses and food culture, is a fantastic way for tourism to stimulate the Northern Ireland economy. We have an abundance of high quality, home-grown produce.  Much of our seafood, beef, lamb, dairy produce, fruit and vegetables is ranked among the best in the world. We should be rightly proud not only of the myriad of fine food and drink in Northern Ireland, but also our food heritage, which tells a cultural story that positive, unique and totally genuine and shows that food is actually a key ingredient of our identity. Sharing that identity with visitors is crucial in this era of experiential tourism.

The Tourism Development Programme on 8th March, will take place in the Tower Hotel Derry and has been supported by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and Invest NI.

To book your place please contact seanna.mcguigan@derrycity.gov.uk