Search results for "Culinary tourism"
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Tourists’ motivation toward culinary destination choice: targeting Italian tourists
2021
Over the last years, social and environmental issues have played an increasingly important role both for tourists’ destination choice and for the consumption of agri-food products. However, in the literature on culinary tourists’ behavior, it is not clear whether sustainability issues also affect the configuration of specific culinary tourists’ targets. This study tries to bridge this gap by carrying out a segmentation of culinary tourists in Italy, a country known worldwide for its culinary specialties. In particular, this study aims to understand whether the growing tourists’ sensitivity toward environmental and social aspects shapes specific targets of culinary tourists. The results show…
Culinary tourism experiences in agri-tourism destinations and sustainable consumption-Understanding Italian tourists' motivations
2019
Culinary tourism represents an emerging component of the tourism industry and encompasses all the traditional values associated with the new trends in tourism: respect for culture and tradition, authenticity and sustainability. Italy is known worldwide for the richness and variety of its gastronomy, and agri-tourism represents one of the most important places where culinary tourists can experience local food and beverages. By using a modified version of Kim and Eves&rsquo
New trends in culinary tourism - regional (Silesian) fusion cuisine
2020
This article concerns regional cuisine, mainly new ways of its presentation taking into account personal visions the preparation of certain dishes. Today, in culinary tourism there is a growing interest in regional dishes in fusion versions. The author discusses the characteristics of the regional and fusion cuisine, identifies selected Silesian dishes most often modified by chefs, presents the typology of restaurants that offer regional specialities in modern versions. The trend concerning modernized versions of regional specialities is constantly growing, as evidenced by, among others, an increasing number of restaurants specialized in such “food creations”. They are treated as a culinary…
Culinary Tourism. A New Trend on the Tourism Market
2017
Seen as a new form of manifestation of the behavior of the consumer of tourism products and services, culinary tourism has recorded an ascending trending the last years, with a positive forecast for the following years. A possible explanation for this phenomenon is the orientation and encouragement of the tourist services providers to adopt regional development strategies that harness traditional local resources and products in a context where the contemporary consumer no longer only pursues the acquisition of products and services to meet their needs, but also looks forward to new experiences that are a delight for the senses. Against this background, the present paper aims to highlight so…