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\nClose your eyes\u2026 just breathe.<\/p>\n
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Sometimes we have to repeat it to ourselves like a mantra in those periods when life, activities, duties and commitments seem to swallow our thoughts and force them into a vortex that just won’t stop. Our head looks like a washing machine stuck on the spin cycle, which keeps on beating and wringing out our clothes, turning them into shriveled, shrunken and creased rags.<\/p>\n
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We realize that we are close to being exhausted and we are about to take a holiday, but we end up booking another trip where everything is planned until the last minute. A thousand crowded places to visit, timetables to respect, endless queues and noisy restaurants.<\/p>\n
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We almost need a holiday from the holiday.<\/p>\n
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We come back even more tired than before.<\/p>\n
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Close your eyes\u2026 just breathe.<\/p>\n
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Let’s start again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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If you have ever had such an experience or a similar feeling, it’s probably time to find out what slow tourism is and, above all, to start practicing it.<\/h2>\n
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- What is slow tourism<\/a><\/li>\n
- A little bit of history<\/a><\/li>\n
- Some examples of slow tourism<\/a><\/li>\n
- Promoting slow tourism<\/a><\/li>\n
- Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- What is slow tourism<\/a><\/li>\n
- A little bit of history <\/a><\/li>\n
- Some examples of slow tourism<\/a><\/li>\n
- Promoting slow tourism <\/a><\/li>\n
- Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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What is slow tourism<\/h3>\n
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If you are looking for a slow tourism definition, consider it\u00a0is a way of traveling often identified as sustainable tourism <\/strong>that focuses on experience <\/strong> (slow, profound, which allows you to fully immerse yourself in the ecosystem of the place that hosts you)\u00a0and sustainability<\/strong> (low-impact on the environment).<\/p>\n
Basically, slow tourism\u00a0<\/strong>is the exact opposite of mass tourism <\/strong>and fast tourism<\/strong>: an organization with the aim of discovering typical, non-chaotic places that run away from the most popular destinations, invaded by those who only understand tourism in terms of quantity as \u201ca quick stay<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n
Those who decide to experience the world (and tourism) in a Slow way, instead, prefer the quality of the experience<\/strong>, local and low-polluting means of transport such as the bicycle, preferring to eat local products and support small activities and local craftsmen.<\/p>\n
In this way, the Slow Traveller<\/em> enhances the uniqueness of the place and its culture over the standardization that characterizes so many of the most booked destinations in the world each year.<\/p>\n
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Define Slow tourism: a little bit of history<\/h3>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#3d3d3d” text_font_size=”1.2em” text_line_height=”1.6em” text_font_size_tablet=”1.2em” text_font_size_phone=”1em” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]Slow Tourism cannot ignore the concept from which it derives, that of Slow Food<\/strong><\/a>. In the second half of the 1980s, the Italian gastronome, writer and activist Carlo Petrini<\/strong> founded the Slow Food gastronomic movement as a form of protest against the opening of a McDonald’s in the famous Piazza di Spagna in Rome.<\/p>\n
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The principles of the Slow Travel Manifesto<\/h4>\n
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In 2009, furthermore, Nicky Gardner<\/strong> wrote the Slow Travel Manifesto<\/a><\/strong>, a model of slow tourism starting from the Conceptual assumptions of Slow Food<\/strong> and Slow Cities<\/strong>, which sums up the key assumptions of slow tourism in 10 fundamental characteristics and set the standards of slow tourism movement<\/strong>:<\/p>\n
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- Slow Tourism as a state of mind that begins at home long before the journey<\/li>\n
- Avoiding flights, choosing to use means of transport such as ferries, buses and local trains that increase the connection with the landscape<\/li>\n
- Experiencing the travel to a destination itself as a pleasure and not with impatience<\/li>\n
- Promoting local markets and shops<\/li>\n
- Enhancing the culture in local bars, caf\u00e9s and bistros<\/li>\n
- Take time to get an idea of the languages and dialects of the places you visit. Learn some local phrases, perhaps through the use of a dictionary or the purchase of a local newspaper<\/li>\n
- Being concerned and respect native communities with curiosity<\/li>\n
- Don’t just follow the advice of the guides, but try living like locals in their daily routine<\/li>\n
- Enjoying the unexpected (late trains, for example, can create new opportunities and discoveries)<\/li>\n
- Doing something to express gratitude to local communities for their hospitality<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Some slow tourism examples<\/h3>\n
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According to what we have said – and what we have read in the Slow Travel Manifesto – some stay\/travel activities can be considered slow tourism examples, such as:<\/p>\n
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- Volunteer tourism<\/li>\n
- Trekking\/Hiking<\/li>\n
- Tours and trips by bicycle or with sustainable means of transport<\/li>\n
- Backpacking trips<\/li>\n
- Roadtrip also with personal car or caravan<\/li>\n
- Religious and spiritual tourism<\/li>\n
- Cultural tourism<\/li>\n
- Food and wine tourism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Promote Slow Tourism with Octorate<\/h3>\n
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Thanks to the Booking Engine<\/strong><\/a> (if you don’t know what it is, read the article on What a Booking Engine is<\/a><\/strong>) you can put your rooms or apartments up for sale without commission charges and organize in detail a truly authentic and very slow size experience for your customers
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