For New Year’s Eve 2024, over seven thousand guests are expected in the 595 Calabrian farmhouses with a slight increase compared to last year, thanks to the driving force of good food but also of the innovative experiences that a holiday in the countryside can guarantee. This is what Coldiretti Calabria estimates, based on the indications of the Campagna Amica and Terranostra farmhouses, which favor rural itineraries with the good weather and mild climate. Traditional cuisine, good food and food and wine experiences attract attention; the menus that are proposed enhance the local food and wine tradition and promote true agritourism based on the story of ckitchen and territory that is, how to best use local raw materials and tell their history and tculinary techniques: from traditional preparations to sustainable innovations.
Terranostra – Campagna Amica in Calabria, with specific courses, is enhancing the figure and the role of the peasant cook:emblematic figure within the Campagna network Amica, who is the guardian of the farm’s bond with the territory, is capable to express rural culture and identity in dishes. Alongside catering and accommodation, agritourisms have expanded their offer in recent years, focusing on experiential tourism – notes Coldiretti – which satisfies the new tastes of holidaymakers. Among the most requested activities are horse riding, cooking courses and “walks” – itineraries on horseback, by bicycle or on foot to discover the hidden “treasures” of the area. And interest in experiences in production sites is growing. Tourists are intrigued by visits to wineries, dairies, farm management, breweries, oil mills, sausage factories and landscape.
“At the halfway point of the winter holidays we can state that the results in terms of attendance confirm the growth trend already recorded in Spring and last summer, with the farm holidays having become an important structural part for the Made in Italy holiday, also for its ability to represent the showcase of an agriculture that continues to achieve records in terms of sustainability, protection of biodiversity and quality” he finally underlines Vincenzo Abbruzzeseregional president of Terranostra Campagna Amica”.