It is the first time for Thailand to host an ASEAN Gastronomic Tourism fair and create networks to promote food-drawn tourism with quality food markets and gastronomic art
Bangkok (NNT/VNA) – It is the first time for Thailand to host anASEAN Gastronomic Tourism fair and create networks to promote food-drawntourism with quality food markets and gastronomic art.
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports is organizing ASEAN Gastronomic Tourism fairto develop and promote gastronomic art with the use of non-toxic foodingredients, hand-woven cloth and pottery and decorative items at local andregional levels.
Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat said the number of gastronomictourists to Thailand rose by 26 percent last year, thus underlining the factthat this country has been outstanding for its Thai and foreign foods whichhave good tastes, diversity and quality.
The campaign is not for tourists to eat up so much food at famous restaurantsbut for them to find out the sources of the food, the culture of eating, thelocal wisdom for creative hand-made products and art related to food.
The ASEAN Gastronomic Tourism fair includes a seminar on ASEAN fooddevelopment, a workshop with famous chefs, an ASEAN food exhibition and thecooperation between four food networks, namely Suk Jai market, Khon Kla KhuenThin, Pracharath and Noo Joe Art and Farm, to open a marketplace for selectedfood shops with quality home-made food and organic fruit and vegetables such asflour made from brown rice and home-ground coffee as well as items ofhandicraft and art. – NNT/VNA
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Illustrative image (Photo: bangkokfoodies.com) 
