‘Measurement of Tourism perception towards culinary tourism Development in Garhwal Region of Uttarakhand’
Keywords:
Food items, Tourism Development, Culinary Tourism, Garhwal regionAbstract
The present study aims to measure the perception level of tourists towards food tourism development in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, mainly about the food outlets and cuisines belong to and serving traditional food items. Findings of the study suggested that tourists have poor and negative perception towards indigenous food items and local Garhwali cuisines as food service outs majorly serving modern and intercontinental food items and services and it very hard find out and explore local cuisines and food in the region. Which make the visitors uncomfortable and poor perceived about local food items as they had higher level of expectation before visiting the region towards its local food, practices, services and cuisines.
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