Worldway Group has learned from the Moldova Migration Center that the 3rd UNWTO Global Conference on Wine Tourism, co-hosted by the Moldovan government and the World Tourism Organization, was successfully held recently in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova! For a time, Moldova, as a continental European country, became the 'global focus' of the international wine industry!
Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip attended the World Wine Tourism Conference and delivered a speech, welcoming the more than 200 industry experts and media reporters attending the event. Chiril Gaburici, Minister of Economy and Infrastructure of Moldova, and Rodica Verbeniuc, Chair of the Moldovan Investment Agency, along with several other heads of international organizations, attended the conference. Gheorghe Arpentin, Director of the National Office for Vine and Wine of Moldova, delivered a keynote report at the conference titled 'Promoting Moldova's Economy and Development through Wine Tourism.'
Moldova is the birthplace of the world's grape industry and one of the oldest wine-producing countries among the five founding members of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), boasting over 5,000 years of winemaking history! Moldova possesses a profound wine culture and holds advantages in the field of viticulture and winemaking that cover the entire industrial chain, from basic research, applied technology promotion, and scientific research to processing, quality management, classification, and packaging. The wine industry is a strategic industry for Moldova and the only one in the world to elevate the wine industry to a national strategic level.
Data obtained by Worldway Group from the Moldova Migration Center shows that there are currently more than 200 wine production enterprises in Moldova, and nearly 1,000 enterprises engaged in grape-related tourism, nurseries, cultivation, packaging, services, and technical support. For every four working people in the country, one is directly or indirectly engaged in the grape industry.
Moldova has the highest density of vineyards in the world, with a vineyard area exceeding 112,000 hectares. According to the Guinness World Records, this country holds the largest collection of wine in the world! It is home to the world's longest wine cellar—the Cricova Winery, which is 120 kilometers long—and the world's largest wine cellar as recognized by Guinness, the Mileștii Mici winery, which houses over 1.5 million bottles of vintage wine. Moldova's annual wine production exceeds 700,000 tons, which is 2.5 times the production of the Bordeaux region in France.
Wine is an important economic pillar for Moldova and its largest export commodity, sold to more than 60 countries across three continents! Currently, Moldovan wine has been exported to countries including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Ukraine, Romania, Belarus, Latvia, Estonia, and China, and markets in other parts of the world are also being developed!
The successful holding of this World Wine Tourism Conference in Moldova is a testament to the World Tourism Organization's support and recognition of the Moldovan wine industry! Moldova connects the CIS and the European Union, possesses significant geographical advantages, and enjoys trade preferences granted by multiple economic and trade cooperation mechanisms such as the WTO, the Moldova-EU Free Trade Area, and the CIS Free Trade Area, which is very conducive to Moldova's development of different wine markets. Worldway Group experts state that industries based on Moldovan wine are often favored by investors due to their high investment value!
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Some of the content and photos in this article are sourced from the Moldova Migration Center official WeChat account.