It was talked about Rail Tourism and Soft Mobility in Calabria. Best practices and development proposalsduring the workshop held in the “Gilda Trisolini” room of Palazzo Alvaro in Reggio Calabria, on the occasion of the National Wonderful Railways Day.
The workshop, organized by the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in collaboration with the“Railways in Calabria” Association, falls within the scope of the “Wonderful Railways Day” program, a national railway event organized annually by the Alliance of Soft Mobility (Amodo), this year in partnership with the Italian Federation of Tourist and Museum Railways (Fiftm), Ferrovie in Calabria APS , Fondazione FS Italiane and the patronage of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria. Among the initiatives illustrated is the “Travel by train, discover Calabria” project which the “Ferrovie in Calabria” Association promotes in collaboration with the Regional Business Division of Trenitalia Calabria and with the patronage of the FS Foundation.
During the meeting, a discussion developed by 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 to increase the tourist offer, 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 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 Ranucciowho 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. (rrc)
