Growing Popularity of Food Tourism

Research proposal
Table of Contents

Topic: Growing popularity of Food Tourism..................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Aim.........................................................................................................................................1
Rationale.................................................................................................................................1
Objective.................................................................................................................................2
Research question...................................................................................................................2
Methodology....................................................................................................................................2
Literature Review.............................................................................................................................3
To get better understanding about the concept of food tourism.............................................4
To investigate about the reasons that contributes and leads to growing popularity of the Food
Tourism sector........................................................................................................................4
To determine key criteria which can be adopted by West Midlands Growth Company that
constitutes in the creation of successful Food Tourism destination.......................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

Topic: Growing popularity of Food Tourism
INTRODUCTION
It has been seen that in Today's world the tourist are being seemed to be more informed
along with having more and better in-sight in the culture thus, a well informed traveller seemed
to have a looking for all new experiences that it can have. Further Food provides a more better
gateway and insight in the into other cultures by the way of taste and better implication about
their trends through food preparation along with evaluating about the whole eating environment
of a particular place or destination (Kim, Park and Lamb, 2019). Apart from this, it has been also
a fact that food and drink leads to and provide a more lasting memories and forms a vital aspect
that forms a major part of defining a holiday or travelling experience of a tourist. Therefore,
theses aspects comprises of enhanced insight in the culture and better travelling experience are
the main reasons and factors that lead to growing populaity in the sector of food travel. Current
assignment is basically based on West Midlands Growth Company that is a well known regional
investment promotion and economic development agency of UK (Fusté-Forné and Berno, 2016).
Main aim of West Midlands Growth company is to attract higher level of jobs, investment and
larger number visitors in UK thus, current research proposal is based in examining the feasibility
of food tourism within in West Midlands to establish and create a more culinary destination
within in UK.
Aim
“To investigate about the growing popularity in the Food Tourism sector along with
identifying the key criteria that constitutes in the creation of successful Food Tourism
destination”. A research project on West Midlands Growth Company.
Rationale
The adoption and selection of current research topic based on analysis of growing
popularity of food tourism is vital and significant as food forms and makes an essential part of
travelling experience of a tourist. Besides this, development of food destination provide and
facilities a more better insight and implication about ones culture thus, development of food
destination offers and provide a much better option and way for attracting a larger number of
travellers and visitors to a destination. Apart from this, implication of current research topic also
meets and supports the personal interest of researcher along with enquiring better skills
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