Gourmet tourism is a niche industry catering to people who travel to food or wine tastings, restaurants, or food production regions for leisure. Today, the consumer is better educated, wealthy, has traveled more extensively, lives longer, and is concerned about his health and the environment. The word gourmet is from the French term for a wine broker or traste-vin employed by a wine dealer. Gourmet is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or haute cuisine, which is characterized by elaborate preparations and presentations of large meals of small, often quite rich courses.

Table of Contents:
Preface
Tourism in st Century
Culinary Travel
Food Festival for Food Lovers
Wine Tourism
Taste and Smell of Wine
Art of Fine Food
Sumptuous Seafood in Coastal Areas
Dine with Rum
Cuisine of Hong Kong
Food and Wine Tourism in Switzerland
Wine Tourism in France
Greek Cuisine and Wine
Italian Food and Wine