GAST 2012 in sign of Cross-border Co-operation

The 44th International Fair for hotel and catering trade GAST , Klagenfurt started on Sunday, March 11th, 2012 with the opening ceremony . The Fair, where over 17.000 visitors are expected, is this year completely in the sign of the cooperation in the Alps-Adriatic region. The opening ceremony was this time visited also by a numerous delegation from Goriška region-together with 5 Mayors of its municipalities. The Mayor of Klagenfurt Christian Scheider invited already in his opening speech all the visitors of the Fair to the Brda stand, where the hosts offered all their local specialities, with a glass of wine- of course. Also the Carinthian Country Governor Gerhard Dörfler said in his opening speech that in future it would be necessary to promote Carinthian region together with neighbouring regions, what means it would be necessary to stress the tourist offers of the neighbours, too. He meant that co-living should actually be lived and not only mentioned in Sunday speeches. The Mayor of Brda Franc Mužič addresed the visitors in the name of the guests from Goriška region, he stated proudly that his municipality is for about 10 years the pioneer of the cooperation in the Alps-Adriatic region..