Company visits or know-how tourism are on the rise! Many companies are regularly open to the public, thus giving the opportunity to discover a multitude of professions: farmer, oenologist, leatherworker, potter, winemaker, cutler, chocolate maker…
Le Routard, the Occitanie Region through its Economic Development Agency and Enterprise and Discovery are joining forces to help you discover the Occitanie region and its know-how!
This guide is an essential tool that offers you a new way of doing tourism while discovering the companies of the Occitanie region: it contains useful information to choose and prepare your visit, surprising anecdotes and maps with the companies positioned.
Do you want to understand how it works, to discover behind the scenes? More and more companies are opening their doors to you! In Occitania, 1,500,000 visitors discovered 192 companies in 2020. The opportunity to discover these companies which tell you their story, in particular that of Toulouse aviation with Airbus. The largest aeronautical site in Europe invites you to discover its production process and flight tests.
You will also have the opportunity to enjoy a guided tour in the heart of the regional newspaper of the Great South: La Dépêche du Midi. The Ethiquable cooperative society, in Fleurance, has set up a fair trade and organic chocolate factory that you can explore. The experience continues in the cocoa library and in the boutique’s tasting area.
All these companies are in operation, and welcome the public within their walls in the heart of production, there are many others to discover with the Backpacker!
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Destination info:
Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi Toulouse – Occitanie, Montpellier, Toulouse
