Where Does Food Fit in Tourism?
Abstract
Academic studies examining travel to destinations with a culinary appeal find a significant relationship between the food image of a place and the intention to visit. Food is recognized as an important factor in a tourist's experience of a destination, leading to marketing efforts by many governments to attract this special interest group. This research note presents a review of definitions of food-related tourism and presents two different views of the relative importance of food (or wine) as a motivation to travel to a particular destination.
Journal Title
Tourism Recreation Research
Volume
39
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2014 Tourism Recreation Research. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Tourism Management
Tourism