ABSTRACT

Oeno-gastronomic tourism is conceptualized as a form of tourism and migration mobility that reflects lifestyle characteristics associated with the Slow Food Movement. Our investigation uses evolutionary economic geography to examine the Slow Movement as a driver of change in mobilities in Tuscany, Italy and the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada. In both cases, the gastronomic industries act as a conduit to change in tourism and migration demand and add to agricultural resilience. Gastronomic tourism satisfies the social ideals of the Slow Movement and its eco-gastronomy of everyday life.

Donna Senese: 0000-0002-7614-8381

Filippo Randelli: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4669-5832">orcid.org/0000-0003-4669-5832

John S. Hull: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2505-2520">orcid.org/0000-0003-2505-2520

Colleen Hiner: 0000-0002-1181-8911