Recently, in the "Best Travel 2021" award presented by Lonely Planet, Greece won the remarkable "Best Food Destination" award. This prestigious award was mainly due to organic food from Greece and native wild herbs. Lonely Planet calls it a paradise for organic food. Arguing that "the Greek organic produce market and island seafood have inadvertently made it the world's most sustainable food leader". Greece's highly regarded Mediterranean diet, which allows more people to stay away from cancer, obesity, heart disease and other problems, is a diet that was listed as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2010, based on fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, beans and so on.
At the end of each year, Lonely Planet publishes a list of the best travel for the coming year, listing cities, countries, and the most valuable destinations that can be added to your travel wish list, based on the choice of its army of travel guide authors around the globe. However, it should come as the COVID-19 pandemic throws the tourism industry into chaos – lonely planet looks a little different this year's Travel of the Year awards.
In the pandemic-related travel restrictions, the judges eschewed hotels and destinations on the usually listed "wish lists" and instead awarded the prize to projects that helped "the industry rebuild better" to promote positive change in the industry. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new reality that makes everyone rethink their priorities and the way they travel and experience things, putting sustainability on their list of requirements.
Not only in the selection and consumption of ingredients, the hospitable lifestyle of the Greeks has also been ingrained in their DNA, and across the country, generous and enthusiastic locals share their knowledge with travelers, combining wonderful fresh cooking with nature activities. "Romantic Aegean, laid-back Greeks." Greeks who enjoy the sun and sand know how to live, and they are not sloppy in their diet.
The "Best Travel" of the organizer Lonely Planet includes many categories including sustainable storytellers, wildlife programs, emerging destinations, train journeys, islands, accommodation, and much more. "This year our world stopped, and we looked in the mirror and thought about how we could maximize our readers' sense of responsibility so that they could travel responsibly and be agents of positive change."
As part of Greek culture, Greek cuisine is 4,000 years old, and in 330 BC the Greek Achester Yatu had already written the first cookbook in Western history. As the origin of European food culture, the greek traditional diet retains the most original "Mediterranean taste", and good eating habits have also achieved the title of Greek longevity country. The average life expectancy of Greeks is 80.3 years, which is more than the world average age of 79 years.