VISTAS! Beautiful foodie destination wins award
Belgium is a foodie hotspot, but it can be difficult to find the best local artisanal products – unless you happen to visit the small town of Durbuy.
And this month Durbuy won an award at the VISTA! presentation at ITB.
Everybody knows it. Cohesive food network/restaurants, producers, chefs, recipes, gifts, key product & image 0km food is a big advantage to keep the brand alive.
For more than 150 years, the town has been famed for its cuisine, bringing in connoisseurs from far and wide. It is one of the driving forces behind Durbuy’s tourism economy. Numerous products are produced locally, which means the markets in other villages can also be patronised.
Situated at the intersection of three geological regions, Durbuy offers a startling array of landscapes. Shaped by the elements, the area offers majestic and often untold panoramas, such as Roche-à-Frêne, or the view of the Falize in Durbuy’s old town. Caves run along the Ourthe and its tributaries, such as the Coléoptère cave in Juzaine, or the cave in Bohon or Villers Ste Gertrude.
Durbuy has been dubbed "European tourist destination of excellence" as, in addition to these assets for boosting tourism, it is leading the way in efforts to establish a real policy of sustainable tourism, which aims to involve all partners concerned, make valuable use of all the material and immaterial resources in the area in terms of tourist activities, manage the impacts of tourism and develop a dynamic communication strategy using the internet.
The forests, densely populated with hardwood, house an extraordinary range of flora and fauna, and it is here that local authorities have laid down 175km of pedestrian footpaths.
Mainly managed by small family businesses, the accommodation sector welcomes many tourists. Visitors will find a range of accommodation adapted to taste, length of visit and reason for stay: hotels of all types, classic or with an unusual personal touch, charming or unique guestrooms, camping areas, group accommodation, places for businesspeople for seminars or team-building exercises, rural cottages, farms or holiday villages…
Tourism, an economic pillar of the town, is moulded by two other important factors: agriculture and forestry. These are what give the area its uniqueness: all the riches of rural life.
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