Culinary tourism

Culinary tourism

Culinary tourism or food tourism is experiencing the food of the country, region or area, and is now considered a vital component of the tourism experience.[1] Dining out is common among tourists and "food is believed to rank alongside climate, accommodation, and scenery" in importance to tourists.[1]

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Definition

Culinary tourism is defined as the pursuit of unique and memorable eating and drinking experiences.[2] Culinary tourism differs from agritourism in that culinary tourism is considered a subset of cultural tourism (cuisine is a manifestation of culture) whereas agritourism is considered a subset of rural tourism,[3] but culinary tourism and agritourism are inextricably linked, as the seeds of cuisine can be found in agriculture.

Culinary tourism is not limited to gourmet food. This is perhaps best illustrated by the notion that culinary tourism is about what is "unique and memorable, not what is necessarily pretentious and exclusive". Similarly, wine tourism and beer tourism are also regarded as subsets of culinary tourism.

Organizations

The International Culinary Tourism Association (ICTA) is considered the world's leading authority on culinary travel and provides community, education and development consulting to the food service and tourism industries around the world.[4] The ICTA is a non-profit trade association and was founded in 2004. The ICTA's consumer resource is FoodTrekker Publishing (FoodTrekker.com), which delivers promotional assistance and help to culinary tourism businesses[4]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b McKercher, Bob , Okumus, Fevzi andOkumus, Bendegul(2008) 'Food Tourism as a Viable Market Segment: It's All How You Cook the Numbers!', Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 25: 2, 137 — 148
  2. ^ International Culinary Tourism Association
  3. ^ Wolf, Erik. Culinary Tourism: The Hidden Harvest. Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-0757526770
  4. ^ a b International Culinary Tourism Association



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