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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
IT.A.CÀ Festival of Responsible Tourism is a project designed to promote a new method of tourism based on sustainability, inclusion and participation in local communities. The initiative invites travellers to rediscover their own roles as ‘contemporary citizens’, encouraging honest and respectful interactions between tourists and local inhabitants.
Founded in Bologna in 2009 as the first Festival of Responsible Tourism in Italy, today IT.A.CÀ is a national network involving dozens of towns and local areas, forming connections between citizens, associations, institutions and businesses.
Through events, tours, workshops, meetings and cultural activities, the project promotes a vision of ethical and sustainable tourism, capable of bringing together hospitality, environmental stewardship and social justice. IT.A.CÀ’s mission is clear: to transform a journey into an instrument for positive change in which economic dynamics, the quality of the touring experience and safeguarding our natural and cultural heritage are woven together to generate shared wealth.
BIOGRAPHIES
SONIA BREGOLI
Sonia Bregoli is a sociologist with a background in socio-pedagogical education. She is co-founder and manager of the national IT.A.CÀ network (or Festival of Responsible Tourism). She has been a member of the YODA association for social promotion for over twenty years, and also has experience in community and street education, specializing in projects uniting people, cultures and territories.
She is passionate about travelling and cultural encounters, and believes in the value of networking and the power of communities to generate grassroots change.
PIERLUIGI MUSARÓ
Pierluigi Musaró is Professor of Sociology in cultural and communicative processes at the University of Bologna, honorary Professor of Sociology at Melbourne University and a Research Fellow at New York University, London School of Economics and Monash University.
He is Coordinator of Doctoral studies and Social Research at the University of Bologna, and is Chairman and founder of IT.A.CÀ – Festival of Responsible Tourism. He is President of the YODA aps and works with international networks and collectives on migration, human rights and sustainability.
He has written numerous studies and publications and promotes the vision of sociology as an instrument for paarticipation, innovation and social justice.
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