Cheese tourism in a World Heritage site: Vall de Boí (Catalan Pyrenees)
Tourism in rural areas does not only mean accommodation in a rural environment, but also a combination of products and services related to the commodification of destinations. The purpose of the paper is to set a theoretical framework in relation to food tourism, in the context of tourism in rural a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:10256/19227 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10256/19227 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Turisme gastronòmic Food tourism Turisme rural Farms -- Recreational use Turisme de muntanya Mountains -- Recreational use Turisme -- Catalunya -- Boí, Vall de Tourism -- Catalonia -- Boí, Vall de Aliments locals -- Catalunya -- Boí, Vall de Local foods -- Catalonia -- Boí, Vall de Desenvolupament rural -- Catalunya -- Boí, Vall de Rural development -- Catalonia -- Boí, Vall de |
| Sumario: | Tourism in rural areas does not only mean accommodation in a rural environment, but also a combination of products and services related to the commodification of destinations. The purpose of the paper is to set a theoretical framework in relation to food tourism, in the context of tourism in rural areas. The creation of authentic experiences in rural environments is transferred to food tourism in the current paper through the study of cheese tourism. Applied to the Vall de Boí, which is a municipality located in the Catalan Pyrennes declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, there must be highlighted the seasonally marked foodscapes of this region and the cheese tourism as a case of an emergent tourism typology |
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