It is with great pleasure and distinct honor that the Greek National Tourism Organization welcomes the 6th Lesvos Food Fest — a celebration that has become a landmark festive event offering the finest examples of Lesvos’ rich gastronomic history and cultural identity.
GNTO broadly supports initiatives enhancing Greece’s tourism destinations and highlighting the uniqueness of each place, its people, and their traditions. Lesvos is a land with soul — authentic and full of flavors, aromas, stories, and people who keep its traditions and hospitality alive.
This year’s Lesvos Food Fest, themed “4 seasons–4 εποχές,” invites us to go beyond simply sampling the island’s varied cuisine. It wants us to experience Lesvos through its changing seasons by turning to gastronomy as our guide, for in Lesvos every season brings its own colors, its own rhythms, its own tastes. Gastronomic tourism is a strategic priority for GNTO, because it offers a meaningful and immersive connection with culture and local life. It is tourism rooted in flavor, heritage, and memories.
My warmest congratulations to the organizers and collaborating institutions. I wish every success to the festival and a delightful experience to all who take part in this celebration of Lesvos, its land, people and ways.
Andreas Fiorentinos
Secretary General, Greek National Tourism Organization