Gastronomic tourism is a type of tourism whose main purpose is to get to know one country or another through the prism of national gastronomy . For the gastronomic tourist, food is primarily a category of culture. From this position, traditional cuisine is perceived in connection with the history, religion, economy, politics, customs, legends and other factors that form the unique identity of a country or region [1] .
A gastronomic tour, or gastrotour, is a set of events for tasting dishes typical of local cuisine [2] . “The lessons of culinary regional studies are held not only in restaurants, but also in markets, farms, and kitchens of local residents, during carnival and harvesting, at a table and just outside” [1] .
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Gastro Tour Classification
Gastrotour can be divided into rural ("green") and urban. Rural gastro tours focus on environmentally friendly products and involve, for example, picking wild berries in the forest, grapes in the vineyards, vegetables and fruits on farms. City gastrotour can include a visit to a factory or workshop producing food products, with a tasting of their products [3] .
There are gastro tours that introduce tourists to various dishes in different places. These are French and Bulgarian wine tours, Dutch , Swiss and Italian cheese tours, German , Austrian , Czech , Belgian beer tours [3] .
Gastro-tourists
Gastronomic tourists are represented by the following categories of population:
- Tourists bored with regular tourism
- Those who want to add variety to their diet
- Foodies
- Those whose work is related to cooking and eating
- Representatives of travel companies interested in organizing their own gastro tours [4]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Marina Mironova. Food without borders. The rules of delicious travel . - Alpina Publisher, 2016 .-- ISBN 978-5-9614-5974-6 .
- ↑ What is gastronomic tourism? (unavailable link) (2008). Date of treatment November 7, 2011. Archived on May 29, 2009.
- ↑ 1 2 What is gastronomic tourism? (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 7, 2011. Archived on May 29, 2009.
- ↑ Who needs gastrotourism? (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 7, 2011. Archived on May 29, 2009.
Literature
- Marina Mironova. Food without borders. The rules of delicious travel. - M .: Alpina Publisher, 2016 .-- 224 p. - ISBN 978-5-9614-5974-6 .