Atlas Gastronomy and Tourism Research Group Meeting 2019
Gastronomy and Tourism: Reflections on local food consumption in urban and rural areas

Atlas Gastronomy and Tourism Research Group Meeting 2019, will take place at the University of Évora (Portugal), 20 - 23 February.

This meeting will be focused on "Gastronomy and Tourism: Reflections on local food consumption in urban and rural areas".

Food, gastronomy and tourism are considered a new area of academic interest (Maberly and Reid, 2014; Okumus et al., 2018) and a marker of social distinction (Okumus et al., 2018; Kim et al., 2009). Among the variety of research topics inside the area of tourism and gastronomy, local food consumption still needs further discussion. As highlighted in the literature, the consumption of local food is affected by a number of factors, destination environments, among others, being an example of a dimension that still needs to be discussed. Moreover, consumption of local food in rural and urban areas provides different perspectives in terms of environmental, social and cultural context. These challenges and perspectives suggest the need to reflect on the differences in how consumption of local food is influenced by the spatial context (rural and urban). Further, this meeting intends to reflect upon, discuss and open new avenues to enlighten researchers and practitioners by suggesting strategies and actions in order to preserve cultural and social authenticity for visitors during the process of their consumption of local food.  

The program for the meeting can be found here

 

Organização: ATLAS | CIDEHUS-UÉ | Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
De 20.02.2019 a 23.02.2019
09:00 | Universidade de Évora