Open AccessRESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF GASTRONOMIC TOURISM IN LATGALE REGION
Author(s) -
Inese Silicka,
Iveta Dembovska
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
latgale national economy research/latgales tautsaimniecības pētījumi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2256-0955
pISSN - 1691-5828
DOI - 10.17770/lner2014vol1.6.1172
Subject(s) - tourism , diversification (marketing strategy) , originality , business , tourism geography , economic geography , marketing , feeling , regional science , geography , political science , archaeology , creativity , law , psychology , social psychology
The importance of gastronomic tourism in today’s society and the necessity of its development in regions is determined by the market conditions and principles. Developing the gastronomic tourism in the regions of Latvia (especially in Latgale) will introduce competitive products in the border area of Latvia and will decrease the effect of being a remote part of the country, additionally the infrastructure will be improved in the districts that contribute to the development of the region in the future. Including the feeling of delight when enjoying specialties from Latgale, the tourism offer can also contribute greatly to the diversification, originality of tourism offers, thus increasing competitiveness of the elaborated tourism offers