ABSTRACT
Gastronomic tourism is a kind of tourism where the motivation of the tourist is focused on food, special cuisines, specialty meals, local dishes, unique tastes, and famous chefs. There are interactions between tourism and gastronomy since gastronomy is part of the tourism experience, its destination is one of the most important touristic attractions and elements of gastronomy like local food and local culinary culture are quite important within the tourism experience offered. Local and regional food production systems are becoming crucial destination attraction factors in gastronomic tourism. Within the gastronomic tourism, the demand for local cuisine, organic food consumption, and slow food is increasing. One of the services appears as organic restaurants which deliver healthy and nutritious meals to satisfy the needs for organic food consumption in gastronomic tourism industry. In Seferihisar, it was found that there is a direct relationship with the organic food movement, organic/semi-organic restaurants in the area and its’ popularity in domestic tourism.
