On the occasion of the National Day of the Wonderful Railways, the Train of Magna Graecia, which for the first time will travel along the Ionian railway to Catanzaro Lido. As he explained to the microphones of StrettoWeb Roberto Galatipresident of the Calabria Railways association, “the convoy of the Ferrovie dello Stato Foundation, perfectly restored, is a car from the 1930s with original interiors, wooden seats, pulled by a historic diesel locomotive“, dating back to the 1970s.
The aim of the initiative is to promote the use of the train for tourist purposes. With its over 300 travelers from Reggio Centrale to Catanzaro Lido, the train route includes various itineraries in the area.
Railway tourism stops at Palazzo Alvaro: from the Metrocity a workshop with the Ferrovie in Calabria Association
The objective is to bring out ideas, ideas, projects and precise lines of intervention aimed at promoting synergies with associations, operators and stakeholders aimed at developing policies to enhance the routes involved, supported by an even more effective metropolitan tourism and marketing plan
On the occasion of the National Day of Wonderful Railways, the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, in collaboration with the Association “Railways in Calabria”, organized the Workshop on “Rail Tourism and Soft Mobility in Calabria. Best practices and development proposals” .
The workshop took place in the Library Room Gilda Trisolini of Palazzo Alvaro and developed a comparison articulating reflections on the topic of railway tourism and tourist railways in our territory. The expressed objective of the event was to encourage networking between institutions, local authorities and operators in the tourism sector in order to develop proposals to strengthen existing projects and new ideas related to soft and alternative mobility; as well as that of increasing the tourist offer by offering visitors the opportunity to experience the peculiarities and uniqueness of the cultural and naturalistic heritage of the metropolitan area in an even more immersive way.
Comparison, therefore, necessary to bring out ideas, ideas, projects and precise lines of intervention aimed at promoting synergies with associations, operators and stakeholders aimed at developing policies to enhance the routes involved, supported by an even more effective metropolitan tourism and marketing plan .
The event is part of the project “Travel by train and discover Calabria”, which the “Ferrovie in Calabria” Association promotes in collaboration with the Business Division of Trenitalia Calabria and under the patronage of the FS Foundation.
The proceedings, moderated by the journalist Franco Laratta, were opened by Anna DonatiSpokesperson for A.Mo.Do “Sweet Mobility Alliance”, e Alberto Sgarbi, President of the Italian Federation of Tourist Railways and Museums. The workshop, in a second session, also proposed a focus on “Tourist routes by train, a journey between history and innovation” and “Rediscovering the territory through Soft Mobility”.
Representing Palazzo Alvaro, as delegate for Tourism and the Budget, present is the Metropolitan Councillor, as well as Mayor of Palmi, Giuseppe Ranuccio who warmly welcomed the initiative, considering it fundamental for developing the necessary and concrete collaborations between institutions and any other actor involved.
Ranuccio, in particular, declared the Metropolitan City’s full support for the model of gentle, ecological and cultural tourism, fully convinced that this is the right path for a harmonious and qualitative development of the metropolitan territory.
The objective is to network with the associations, entrepreneurs, institutions and all the administrations involved to give full implementation to that tourist and cultural vision that is specific to the metropolitan territory, to be concretely achieved also in light of the expected transfer of functions by the Calabria Region.
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