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- Title
Gastronomy tourism potential of Sinop (Turkey) destination.
- Authors
Tiril, Alpay; Kocatepe, Demet; Ipar, Mehmet Sedat
- Abstract
Introduction. The investigation of traditional food heritage of Sinop and reuse of it as a touristic product in tourism market is aimed in this article. Materials and methods. In this study, the kitchen literatures related to Sinop and personal experiences from people living in the region had been complied. Made an inference about the current and future gastronomy tourism situation of Sinop by the identifying with oral interviews technique. Results and discussion. Tourism is a multidimensional phenomenon, interested in all natural and cultural entities and cases. In this context, nourishment as very important components of tourism sector besides some of the tourists travel due to gastronomic experiences. Sinop province is little-known as gastronomic tourism in Turkey. Sinop City is on the Peninsula of the northern part of the province. The city derived from Iron Age and colonized by Miletus in 8th century before as a part of Greek Culture. Sinop has been a little and undevelopment fishing town during the republic period. That's why, the town wasn't impressed by the effects of industrialization. Besides the natural beauty of Sinop it is also reflected in the kitchen with the accumulation of the effects of different civilization. In Sinop cuisine mainly fish dishes is located in the kitchen culture due to the Sinop is peninsula, are also incorporates many flavors previously mentioned. It is being referred to the touristic point of the sea and the natural beauty of Sinop, unable to so much prominence local cuisine. With the caught season staring in 15 September, tourists from near the city of Sinop to eat fish are the most important element of gastronomic tourism. Traditional foods are important part of cultural heritage of Sinop province, however, today their presentation / announcements are not done sufficiently. Conclusion. It can be suggested to destination planners to use local cuisines as a part of tourism marketing. Particularly with the growing tourism potential of Sinop region, introduction of regional cuisine and related activities should be accelerated.
- Subjects
SINOP (Turkey); BLACK Sea; GASTRONOMY; TOURISM marketing; FISHERY management
- Publication
Ukrainian Journal of Food Science, 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1, p143
- ISSN
2310-1008
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24263/2310-1008-2017-5-1-17