Creating a Sustainable Gastronomic Destination: The Case of Cittaslow Gokceada-Turkey
H. Ridvan Yurtseven, Necati Karakas

Abstract
Gokceada has an important potential for development of sustainable gastronomic tourism. The main objective of the island is to turn into a sustainable gastronomic destination. Gokceada has a mission to be able to transmute the island, where has been visited by the founder of Slow Food: Mr. Carlo Petrini in 2006, as a slow destination in accordance with the principles of Slow Food: good-clean-fair. This study aims to explain the practices of Cittaslow Gokceada on the process of becoming a sustainable gastronomic destination.

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