EDITORIAL Uncertainties and prospects! The trade fair season for the food industry has started again, especially for the artisanal pastry world. The Host tradeshow in Milan has just concluded, which had over 180.000 visitors from 166 different countries. It was a successful edition, filled with multiple events and where good deals were made. Unfortunately, the dramatic situations that are occurring in different geographical areas throughout the world, with ferocious wars that have not been seen in a long time, make everything very uncertain. It is difficult to plan anything, not even in the mid-term. The foodservice industry, strongly connected to tourism, saw a strong recovery this past year, almost returning to pre-Covid levels. Italy recorded a significant increase in foreign visitors, which offset a decline in domestic tourist flows. This decline is strongly influenced by the considerable increase in costs of all services, from transportation to hotels, to out-of-home food consumption costs. We will continue with our work, dedicated to publicizing the Made in Italy artisanal pastry world. We will be present at various international shows with our publications: at FHC in Shanghai, at MIG in Longarone, at Sigep in Rimini, at Gelatissimo in Stuttgart, to end at Expo Sweet in Warsaw. We hope that at the end of our “tour”, in the meantime, the world will have less conflicts. Happy viewing and reading to all! For everything else, we will see you as usual during the international tradeshows, or online at www.puntoitaly.org. Franco Cesare Puglisi 7
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