Assisi Endurance Lifestyle 2009
The active relax of Umbria
On the occasion of the first BIT of Milan day, Borsa Internazionale del Turismo, has been presented the new edition of Assisi Endurance Lifestyle 2009, the international event sponsored by Regione Umbris and full of top level initiatives, which will take place on 26th September 2009.
Nature enthusiasts will be able to take part in eleven days of sport, economy, culture and entertainment and to rediscover Assisi, UNESCO world heritage site.
Key moment of the program will be the European Endurance FEI Open 2009 Championship, the most important competition of the endurance season and a must-do appointment for sport, horses and nature enthusiasts.
The European Open championship takes place every two years and all European and world wide nations take part in it with their best horsemen who must cover a 160km distance. This year, Assisi, the green heart of Italy, will provide the background to the competition. A perfect choice, since endurance is the equestrian sport which best emphasizes the respect for horses and for nature, highlighting the feeling between man and the most noble of the animals.
After the 2007 edition in Portugal, to which 88 horsemen form 20 different nations took part, also for the 2009 editions all the big names of this discipline will be present, ufficiale FEI since 1982 featuring 24 competitions in Italy in 2008 - 10 of which international – and the title of World Team Champion, achieved in Dubai in 2004.
A touristic offer coming from Umbria, devoted to tourists travelling in an “active relax” with a new concept of tourism applied to a kind of sport which can become the starting point for a careful intercultural consideration. Endurance is, in fact, the national sport of the Persian Gulf countries and their adherence to these competitions represents an important occasion for gathering, also due to the numerous collateral appointments.
Among those, stand out the prestigious cultural congress of the Università per Stranieri di Perugia, Thursday 24th September, which will be attended by popular personalities from the middle-eastern and Italian world, such as Queen Rania of Jordan; the Forum economico devoted to the bilateral relationship between Italy and the United Arab Emirates, which will take place Friday 25th September at the prestigious Lyrick Theatre of Assisi, and which will be attended by important representatives of institutions and of enterprises, such as the Minister of Economic Development, Claudio Scajola, and the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy president and Premier of the UAE and governor of Dubai.
Fireworks, gourmet occasions, concerts and Arabian Night-style Gran Galà for an event devoted to sport, nature and to culture gathering.
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