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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Fusté-Forné, Francesc
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
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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