If you want to opt for culinary travel this is the destination for you. It is America’s hot spot for Cooking classes, dining out for a unique and memorable experience, visiting farmers markets, gourmet food shopping and attending food festivals.
California was cited as a destination for food-related travel by 14 percent of those surveyed, followed by Florida (10 percent), New York (7 percent), Texas (6 percent), North Carolina (4 percent), Georgia (4 percent), Louisiana (3 percent), Illinois (3 percent), Nevada (3 percent), Pennsylvania (3 percent), Washington (3 percent), Hawaii (3 percent), Michigan (2 percent), Arizona (2 percent), and Virginia (2 percent).
The study, released February 14, found that 27 million travelers, or 17 percent of U.S. leisure travelers, engaged in “culinary or wine-related activities” while traveling during the past three years.
The study was done in partnership with Gourmet magazine and the International Culinary Tourism Association. Survey was conducted online by Edge Research among a representative sample of 2,364 U.S. leisure traveler respondents.
Source: CNN
