The Future of Food Tourism

Foodies, Experiences, Exclusivity, Visions and Political Capital

Edited by Ian Yeoman, Una McMahon-Beattie, Kevin Fields, Julia N. Albrecht, Dr. Kevin Meethan

Publication date:

06 July 2015

Publisher

Channel View Publications

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781845415389

This book presents a systematic and pattern-based explanation of food tourism, focusing on how and why change could occur and what the implications could be. In the future will food tourism involve food grown in the laboratory or a more authentic experience associated with place and history? The book’s approach to the future has focused on explanation; the contributors look for the causes, trends and theoretical concepts that explain change, thus attempting to justify and explore the future. Scenarios are used to explore alternative futures and the book examines the implications for the future of food tourism and highlights future research avenues. This book is primarily aimed at postgraduate students and researchers in the field of tourism studies.

This book takes us on a journey from the past to the future of food tourism, an area of study that has only received attention from academic researchers recently. The various chapters take us through an eclectic range of topics. More than a melting pot of knowledge, it is a gumbo that mixes several ingredients but that allows us to taste, differentiate, and appreciate each of them.