MGTO Co-organise Educational Session with National Geographic

Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and National Geographic presented an educational session titled The Great Green Food Journey on the opening day of the 7^th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo (MITE) on 26^th April in order to promote Macao’s sustainable initiatives in the F&B area, helping develop Macao as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. The Great Green Food Journey educational session held during MITE was part of the campaign launched in January by MGTO and National Geographic.

Among the invited chefs were Anthony Sousa Tam from Root, Alex Gaspar from Sands Cotai Central, Hans Lee Rasmussen from IFT Educational Restaurant, Pun Man Kuai from Herbal Treasures in Studio City, Leong Kin Meng from Sum Yuen Vegetarian in Pou Tai Temple, together with the Business Development Director of Wong Chi Kei Noodles, Fei Wong. The guest speakers, who are also featured in a series of videos and other materials produced as part of the campaign conducted by MGTO and National Geographic, shared about their green practices, vision on Macao’s gastronomic sustainability, and its role in the development ahead for the tourism industry in the city.

Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific and Middle East of National Geographic Partners, Con Apostolopoulos, remarked that The Great Green Food Journey captured Macao’s unique and inspiring sustainable food culture through the lens of National Geographic, with videos, articles, social stories and so forth. He also pointed out that the co-operation with MGTO would promote the ideas of sustainable, creative eating; and through that hope to help change the face of the food industry in Asia.

The campaign was unveiled at the ‘International Gastronomy Forum, Macao 2019’ in a National Geographic special session focused on sustainable practices of the F&B sector, concerning food waste reduction and other related topics. For the last four months, as part of the collaboration project, National Geographic has been producing and disseminating stories in video and articles format which will continue until the end of May, aiming to locate, support and promote sustainable practices in the F&B sector in Macao as part of the initiatives undertaken by MGTO to develop Macao as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy.

MGTO and National Geographic campaign videos and others available at: https://partnerships.nationalgeographic.com/macao/greenfoodjourney.