Food tourism destination development is a community experience.
The Culinary Tourism Alliance works with communities to grow food tourism by leveraging the history, heritage, and culture behind the food and drink that makes each destination unique.
Our destination development focus includes agritourism, cultural tourism, ecotourism, rural tourism and sustainable tourism.
Explore our Services
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Food and Beverage Trail Development
Enhance your region’s tourism appeal with a custom-crafted food, beverage, or agritourism trail that immerses visitors in a flavourful journey, celebrating the distinctive culinary culture and traditions unique to your destination.
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Industry Education and Training
Our specialized training programs focus on capacity building through workshops, best practice missions, DMO and business operator training to help destinations develop and promote their culinary tourism experiences.
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Food Tourism Strategy Development
Our experts will evaluate your destination's food tourism offerings and identify opportunities for growth. Using this information we will develop a strategic roadmap to help your region become an authentic and delicious destination.
Our approach is unique.
Community engagement is at the heart of our work, connecting with growers, producers, chefs, and other stakeholders to build inclusive, culturally-sensitive food tourism communities. Through capacity-building and community-based participatory research, we strengthen local partnerships and support the collective growth of food tourism. Each project is crafted with our clients, respecting their needs and allowing for thoughtful evolution.
We help find answers to your most burning questions:
What are the main gaps and opportunities for food tourism development?
How can we attract more culinary tourists?
How can we be more effective at telling our taste of place story?
A Taste of our Projects
Dig into these inspiring examples of how we’ve helped communities serve up unforgettable food tourism experiences.
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