Sapori Ticino.
Saveur Agency since 2007.
Quality, territory and emotions: these are the main features of the new Sapori Ticino initiative "Ticino Gourmet Tour".
"We want to start a virtuous path with customers, locals and tourists, to highlight our restaurant, our territory and the production of quality ingredients. How many times have we been on holiday and wished we could call a local friend and get advice on a restaurant where we could stay well and perhaps combine a meal with a visit to the area? This is Ticino Gourmet Tour, a brand created to bring together under the same "hat" a careful selection of restaurants that make quality and the exaltation of local ingredients their philosophy, but which at the same time can carry on the typical Mediterranean welcome that distinguishes the southernmost Canton of Switzerland", these are the words of Dany Stauffacher, CEO of Sapori Ticino and promoter of the initiative in collaboration with Ticino Turismo, GastroTicino, Ticinowine, CCAT and the Regional Tourism Organisations.
70 different restaurants, with different proposals and standards but brought together to describe and offer, through the kitchen, a taste of the identity of that territory, Ticino, which has always been appreciated and that encloses within its only 110 km of extension, a vastness of scenarios really very interesting, earning the nickname of "Sonnenstube" (sunny living room) of Switzerland just for its tourist vocation, its climate and its welcome. From starred restaurants to local osterias, from terraces overlooking the lake to restaurants in the old town centres, the Ticino Gourmet Tour is ready to accompany you on your discovery of all that is beautiful and, why not, good in Ticino, with the guarantee of Sapori Ticino, a company which has made the promotion of food and wine in the area its objective for many years.
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Food and wine in a showcase with the "Ticino Gourmet Tour".
Angelo Trotta - Director of the Ticino Tourist Agency
According to the Swiss Tourism Monitor, a study commissioned by Switzerland Tourism, food and wine are among the main reasons why tourists choose Ticino as their holiday destination. Not to mention that about 30% of visitors' budgets are spent in this sector. Ticino's food and wine culture, which is closely related to that of Lombardy, has nothing to envy from the most renowned ones, and the fact that many of our restaurants are mentioned in the most important guides - Michelin and Gault Millau - bears witness to this.
In a global context in which this theme is increasingly becoming a driver of tourist interest, the challenge for our destination is to effectively present and enhance our offer, as well as to develop certain segments with particular potential. In this regard, the "Ticino Gourmet Tour", an initiative by Dany Stauffacher in which we will be involved as partners, will play a central role.
The aim of the project is to give visibility to the gastronomic excellences of our territory that stand out for their authenticity and quality, in a network perspective.
An ambitious project, therefore, which will help us to further convey the concept of "Ticinesity". This is one of the values that we hold most dear and which is expressed in our dishes, in our local products, in the savoir-faire, in the welcome, in the service and in the atmosphere.