Culinary Toursim
Culinary tourism a trend worth engaging in?
Aim and objectives
Aim:
to define Culinary Tourism and show its implications for destinations and its effect on local communities
Objectives:
to define Culinary tourism and identify the "typical" culinary tourist and the food and drinks served to them
to show how culinary tourism can be beneficial for a destination/ local community
Executive Summary
Culinary tourism will be introduced, showing the contemporary aspects of this growing trend and its importance in the tourism market.
Different models to classify the typical ' Culinary tourist will be compared, showing the possible need to combine them in an overlapping model.
The attributes of food and drinks served to Culinary tourists will be listed and an evaluation of the beneficial features of Culinary tourism for a destination will be given, resulting in it being considered very attractive for a destination.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
2 Academic research 2
2.1 Introduction to Culinary Tourism 2
2.2 Definition of Culinary tourism 3
2.3 The "typical" culinary tourist 5
2.4 Food and drinks served to culinary tourists 8
2.5 The use and the benefits of Culinary tourism in a destination/ local community 9
3 Conclusion 13
4 Bibliography 15
List of Appendices
Appendix 1 18
Appendix 2 .19
Word count: 2.713
1 Introduction
The aim of this research paper is to define Culinary Tourism and show its implications for destinations and its effect on local communities.
This aim will be achieved by accomplishing the following two objectives:
The first objective is to define Culinary tourism and identify the "typical" culinary tourist and the food and drinks served to them, the second is to show how culinary tourism can be beneficial for a destination/ local community.
An introduction into Culinary tourism will be given, followed by a definition of Culinary
Aim and objectives
Aim:
to define Culinary Tourism and show its implications for destinations and its effect on local communities
Objectives:
to define Culinary tourism and identify the "typical" culinary tourist and the food and drinks served to them
to show how culinary tourism can be beneficial for a destination/ local community
Executive Summary
Culinary tourism will be introduced, showing the contemporary aspects of this growing trend and its importance in the tourism market.
Different models to classify the typical ' Culinary tourist will be compared, showing the possible need to combine them in an overlapping model.
The attributes of food and drinks served to Culinary tourists will be listed and an evaluation of the beneficial features of Culinary tourism for a destination will be given, resulting in it being considered very attractive for a destination.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
2 Academic research 2
2.1 Introduction to Culinary Tourism 2
2.2 Definition of Culinary tourism 3
2.3 The "typical" culinary tourist 5
2.4 Food and drinks served to culinary tourists 8
2.5 The use and the benefits of Culinary tourism in a destination/ local community 9
3 Conclusion 13
4 Bibliography 15
List of Appendices
Appendix 1 18
Appendix 2 .19
Word count: 2.713
1 Introduction
The aim of this research paper is to define Culinary Tourism and show its implications for destinations and its effect on local communities.
This aim will be achieved by accomplishing the following two objectives:
The first objective is to define Culinary tourism and identify the "typical" culinary tourist and the food and drinks served to them, the second is to show how culinary tourism can be beneficial for a destination/ local community.
An introduction into Culinary tourism will be given, followed by a definition of Culinary
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