Local Authorities’ contribution on Gastronomy Tourism Development: the case of Ontario, Canada

Dimitris Karagiannis and Theodore Metaxas

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Abstract: The role of Local Government (LG) in achieving tourism development is extremely important. A characteristic example is the province of Ontario in Canada, which managed with the assistance of the Ministries of Tourism and Culture and with the cooperation of the private sector, to create an effective tourism development tool promote the region through its gastronomy - Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance (OCTA), a non-profit, industry driven organization which leads the implementation of the provincial Culinary Tourism Strategy. Specifically, the municipalities, the ministry and the enterprises assigned to OCTA to develop a comprehensive, Strategic Action Plan 2005-2015 for the Development of Gastronomy Tourism in order to make Ontario, firstly, the primary culinary tourism destination across Canada, and then worldwide. OCTA connects and coordinates successfully all food tourism stakeholders of Ontario

Keywords: Local Government; Gastronomic tourism; Canada; Regional development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O21 R58 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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