We are halfway through the anno domini 2023 post covid summer and wondering what is the right price for an arancino / arancino, a whole or half granita with brioche co “tuppu” or ice cream with two or three servings. scoops? In my opinion, this topic should by no means be underestimated. For those who have forgotten, these links represent, for our extraordinary and wonderful island, symbolic “Made in Sicily” products, and for the price basket, links to estimate the exact coefficient of Sicilian tourism, as well as the cost of restaurants and hotels, classified tourist villages. by the stars. Let’s now think: is Taormina Sicily or vice versa Sicily and Taormina? I’m not going to return to the topic of the cost of granite and arancino in Marina di Ragusa, and not in Palazzolo Acreide (Corsino), in Catania or Messina, which experts at Harvard University consider these two symbols of Sicilian gastronomy. . I approach this topic based on my more than forty years of experience in this field as an expert granitologist and aranciologist.
I, of course, intend to express these very serious considerations on this issue. Sicily cannot afford to have international public opinion lose word of mouth because of the fault of some artisan confectioner or pseudo-confectioner who unknowingly entrusted them with the fate of an entire island. Dear Nobels, before making marcionne out of consumer goods prices, in my opinion, you should put your hand on your conscience and do some kind of introspection: ask yourself what alchemy justifies these unreasonable prices. I could list many cases from my research on receipts from all over Sicily, given my doctorate and master’s degree in this field. The tourist who primarily chooses Italy and Sicily has a good reason to come there, given the richness associated with historical, architectural, gastronomic and wine, landscape, intangible heritage, biodiversity heritage or, for our lifestyle, the Italian spirit that we we carry. inside. One of my patented equations calculates that a tourist or a traveler is a tourist if he goes to Italy at least once in his life, just like Mecca is for Muslims. I ask various trade associations and institutions to control the price lists and it seems wrong to me that a confectionery or gastronomic product, as in the case of Marina di Ragusa, does not have a price difference of 10 to 20% compared to those in the Italian villages of Borgo dei. like Monterosso Almo and then don’t respond to justifying prices that have no head or legs with trivial blah blah blah… What’s important to me about this Bedde Sicily is that Taormina collides with Taormina because that she has every right to do so, given that its purpose is a tourism of at least 8 months and that Marina di Ragusa must not forget that until a few years ago it was called Mazzarelli. It doesn’t take long for a tourist to come to Sicily, considering everything you can enjoy and there is already so much outdoors, and “free” at that, but it is enough to make him forget about Sicily, and these entrepreneurial-scientist-artisans who strive for 2/3 months of the season to earn money, risking not letting the tourist return and attracting new ones. I leave you, without authorizing me, to make the following reflections on this matter. To let you know, the future of our children depends on it and before joining the price lists of Taormina, dear price scientists, try to build a beautiful ancient Greek theater in Mazzarelli, the panorama is breathtaking, maybe you can invent a long life story of writers from all over the world who stopped by here for the last three centuries, royal families, an extraordinary sea with rocks and a monumental island, vegetation with centuries-old trees and extraordinary architecture, world famous 5 star hotels and not to mention Taormina, a jet set a destination world, and who knows, having transferred An ancient theater on the coast of Iblea, on warm summer evenings you can meet in Piazzetta Duca degli Abruzzi … . close…. Climbing the stairs may be easy, but falling down will take a few seconds!
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