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From Borders to Shared Space - BOSS Project Supports Development of Estonian Food Tourism

BOSS From Borders to Shared Space program fund, among other projects run by Haaga-Helia, is supporting the development of Estonian Food Tourism, which had its first workshop held on October 8th in Tallinn.

Up to 20 key food, tourism and food tourism stakeholders convened at  FoodStudio under the title „Strategic Context of Food Tourism“, in order to present and discuss the past, present and future of the food tourism in the strategic context of Finland and Estonia.

Estonian Food Tourism

On behalf of Haaga-Helia, Kristian Sievers presented the the past, present and future of the food tourism in Finland along with the strategy launched in the spring.

Estonian issues were presented by the  Ministry of Rural Affairs, Enterprise Estonia, Estonian Tourist Board and NGO Estonian Rural Tourism.

During the exchange of ideas moderated by Ain Hinsberg, it was noted on several occasions that there are more similar issues than differences in Finland and Estonia in the addressed fields,  and this provides a promising background for the cooperation.

Estonian Dessert

The next workshop was held for the entrepreneurs on October 30th and the project will by wound up by the final event on December 1st.The main idea of the project in question is to expose the Estonian food tourism stakeholders to the relevant Finnish experience, by using monthly workshops in order to find out the opportunities for compiling a larger and longer food tourism cooperation.

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