2. Typology of Food Tourism
According offered during the journey food Food tourism can be an authentic local,
organic or bio elite kitchen etc. If the proposed typology of Food tourism a major sign
of distinction is the type activity associated with food during the trip. These several
groups can be distinguished:
- Visits of cookery courses
This is a widespread type of Food tourism. They can be distinguished by main
motivation of the trip - to participate in cooking courses to enrich their culinary
knowledge. This kind of travel could be differentiated gourmet courses (courses for elite cuisine, exotic or unique recipes incorporating innovative, rare and/or components of luxury menus) and authentic local cooking classes. Similar courses are now classic
tours in some regions of Italy, France and Spain. Also more and more such offers are provided in Asian countries with well developed tourism such as Thailand, India. Cruise companies also offer similar packages (Holland Amerika Line), where star guests are some of the most famous chefs globally.