The expectations of halal tourism, especially in accommodation and catering, will be examined at an information day to be held at the Núñez de Prado oil mill in Baena on September 29. The meeting will be inaugurated shortly before 10.00 am by the president of the Commonwealth of Municipalities of Guadajoz and Campiña Este, Florentino Santos, and the mayor of Baena, María Jesús Serrano.

Emilio González Ferrín, Islamologist and professor of Arab and Islamic Thought at the University of Seville, will speak on Halal tourism in search of its origin. The day will be completed with a round table focused on the challenges and opportunities offered by halal tourism for the Mancomunidad del Guadajoz and Campiña Este.

Three specialists in the field will participate in the debate: Flora Sáez, Development Director of Let’s Go Halal and coordinator of the Agrupación Innova Experiencia Andalusí; Bárbara Hayat Ruiz-Bejarano, director of the Fundación Las Fuentes and head of the Red de Medinas; and Sandra López, manager of the Mancomunidad de Municipios del Guadajoz y Campiña Este. The event will be moderated by Rafael Linares, former managing director of Fundecor and an expert in entrepreneurship.