Food Tourism Gets a Tighter Focus in Andrew Zimmern’s New Season of TV
Photo Credit: Andrew Zimmern's third season of "Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations" aired Tuesday night. Travel Channel
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For Andrew Zimmern, food has always been the filter through which he discovers and explores destinations around the globe. As culinary tourism evolves, so do business strategies across all sectors of travel that are using food as the a magnet to attract travelers.
Food tourism has undergone a rapid evolution in recent years, inspiring a cult of travelers to wander the globe in search of authentic, unique dishes to be enjoyed right at their source.
Among the movers and shakers to cook up this sense of culinary wanderlust is Andrew Zimmern, whose show "Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations" kicked off its third season Tuesday night on the Travel Channel.
“[There is a] smaller focus,” Zimmern says. “It’s no longer, ‘Let’s go to Portugal.' It’s, ‘Let’s go eat seafood
