‘Gastronomy’ is defined as the art of eating and drinking in many sources, it in fact is an interrelated branch of art and science that has a direct relation with chemistry, literature, biology, geology, history, music, philosophy, psychology, sociology, medicine, nutrition, and agriculture.
‘Gastronomic Tourism’ is defined as ‘being in pursuit of unique experience of eating and drinking.’ Gastronomy Tourism, which generally refers to the originality of a dish and its being indigenous to a place, a region or a country, covers the main areas of indigenous dishes and wine tourism. Gastronomic Tourism includes visiting food producers, eating festivals, restaurants and special places related to some special foods together with tasting a special dish, observing its production and preparation processes or eating a special dish from the hands of a very famous chef as well as seeing how a certain dish is being prepared.
The Hello Taste Thailand guidebook is available in English, presenting a new dimension of gastronomic tourism which can be defined as ‘the pursuit of a unique eating and drinking experience, including visiting food producers and noteworthy food-related places – together with tasting special dishes, observing production and preparation processes, or seeing how certain dishes are prepared’.
