STREET FOOD AND TOURISM: AN APPROACH TO POLISH IDENTITY THROUGH CULINARY HERITAGE

• Authors: FUSTÉ-FORNÉ FRANCESC

Title variants

PL

STREET FOOD I TURYSTYKA: PODEJŚCIE DO POLSKIEJ TOŻSAMOŚCI PRZEZ DZIEDZICTWO KULINARNE

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

Food tourism means to discover a place through its food and gastronomy. Food tourism activities and experiences are a growing trend in destinations worldwide. Within the context of food tourism practices, street food is emerging as a contemporary manifestation of the relationships between food and places. This exploratory article aims to approach the culinary representations of street food in Poland. In particular, this study focuses on a descriptive qualitative design to explore the street food based tourism as a strategy to develop tourism in urban environments. Results show food examples – pierogi and cheese – that convey Polish gastronomy identities to visitors. This descriptive research contributes to food tourism research in Poland and, specifically, in Polish cities, where culinary heritages represent a factor of tourism attraction.

PL

Turystyka spożywcza oznacza odkrywanie miejsca przez jedzenie i gastronomię. Turystyka kulinarna staje się coraz popularniejszym trendem na całym świecie. W kontekście praktyk związanych z turystyką gastronomiczną żywność uliczna pojawia się jako współczesny przejaw relacji między żywnością a miejscem. Ten artykuł ma na celu przybliżenie zjawiska street food w Polsce. W szczególności koncentruje się on na opisowym badaniu jakościowym prowadzonym w celu scharakteryzowania turystyki opartej na „ulicznym jedzeniu” jako strategii rozwoju turystyki w środowisku miejskim. Pokazano przykłady jedzenia – pierogi i ser – które dla odwiedzających stanowią elementy polskiej tożsamości gastronomicznej. To badanie opisowe ma wkład w badania nad turystyką gastronomiczną w Polsce, a zwłaszcza w polskich miastach, w których dziedzictwo kulinarne stanowi czynnik przyciągający turystów.

Keywords

EN

food tourism; regional development; urban area; World Heritage Site

PL

turystyka gastronomiczna; rozwój regionalny; obszar miejski; miejsce światowego dziedzictwa

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Turystyki i Języków Obcych
• Journal: Zeszyty Naukowe. Turystyka i Rekreacja
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 2(24)
• Pages: 17-28

Contributors

author

FUSTÉ-FORNÉ FRANCESC

• Department of Business, Faculty of Tourism, University of Girona

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