Foreign tour companies increase their options for visiting Umbria

The green heart of Italy will have higher visibility in 2018 thanks to new packages in tour company catalogs, especially in the UK. Headwater Holidays, one of the largest agencies specialized in walking/hiking, cycling and gastronomy tours, offers seven different packages focused on Umbria, out of a total of 22 for all of Italy. The number more than doubles the three packages offered in 2015, and ranges from eno-gastronomic tours in the Sagrantino wine areas to waking and cycling tours of Umbria’s medieval hilltowns.

Sviluppumbria’s 2017 tourism promotion activities included initiatives aimed at increasing the interest of foreign tourism companies in Umbria. The traditional formula of inviting foreign travel agencies and tourism companies to see Umbria as part of educational tours and fam trips has been enriched in the last two years by workshops and b2b meetings bringing together international tourism professionals with their Umbrian counterparts.

The increased interest from abroad confirms the positive trend for active tourism in Umbria, whose trails and cycling paths are attracting more and more visitors from outside Italy.

Read the blog post by Headwater's scout in Umbria
http://www.headwater.com/blog/in-the-footsteps-of-saint-francis-sort-of/