THE IMPACT OF INADEQUATE FOOD SUPPLY ON THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

 THE IMPACT OF INADEQUATE FOOD SUPPLY ON THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Food is one of the principal factors items that have Recently, tourism industry not only has been one of the first place, every tourist as an organism is in need of the rapidly growing fields of the world economy, but also eating and drinking. This requirement holds true for all they has brought about economy development for diverse tourism destinations and situations in the world.states and regions. The predictions made for the issue Moreover, food impresses other aspects such as travel indicate its noticeable growth in coming years which agencies’ culinary program, the final price of hotels,would entail the increase of jobs pertaining to this culture assimilation and many other components.industry. This rise requires serious attention to One of the main implicit factors that tourists consider programming in the industry.in choosing the destination is food. As Lacy and Different authors have found tourism programming as Douglass mentioned “every tourist is a voyeuring preliminary to development of successful tourism gourmand” .management. Disparate tourists destinations all over Recently, the investigation of food, eating and the world has proven that a proper programming could culinary condition has been considered as a vast field of reduce negative effects and improve and preserve tourism study in the sub fields of sociology and anthropology market in that area or state. Thus, programming can be[6, 7, 8]. Although it is taken for granted that food and suggested as a sine qua non of tourism-oriented economy other food-related factors are indispensable components development success.

 THE IMPACT OF INADEQUATE FOOD SUPPLY ON THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY