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Is it really viable to promote Pinoy cuisine as part of tourism??? |
Travel Info Being Pinay, I'm crazy about our local cuisine --- adobo, inihaw, nilaga and all that. But it is my observation that for foreigners it seems to be an acquired taste. My question is, what can we do to make tourists come to the Philippines, not just for the sights but for our cuisine too? Travel Tips What I had in mind is something like at the very mention of a popular destination (e.g., Boracay Beach), prospective tourists would readily associate it with a particular cuisine. In much the same way, that tourists that go to Brussels (Belgium) immediately think of mussels...no, not brussels sprouts...lol Anyway, in Brussels, they have this special pass that includes unlimited bus transfers within the city PLUS discount coupons to their more classy restos serving mussels. For the more sophisticated tourists, they offer another kind of special pass that includes free admissions to several museums PLUS the discount coupons to their better restos (yes, serving mussels). If DOT can come up with programs like that only then can we see just how viable it is to promote our local cuisine vis-a-vis our tourist spots. Others filipino cuisine is a rich amalgam of both eastern and western cultures. even our cuisine with spanish names are in fact different from those found in latin america(e.g. menudo, adobo, lecon, escabeche,...). btw, i love dinuguan with puto. You should promote the cuisine as it is part of Filipino Culture. Japan, India, and South America have featured their foods for tourists. Most tourists would expect that what they'll eat in a particular country is an entirely new experience compared to what they are used to eat at home. So don't be afraid to feature the local cuisine. If you are unsure on what food to offer to the tourists, start with the most popular ones. Do not serve any bizzarre foods like balut or adidas unless the tourists request for it. Make the cooking, taste and quality consistent of variety of foods, pansit, fried/fresh lumpia, adobo and others, not Pampanga, Ilocano, Visayan or Tagalog style. Aside from cuisine? The Board of Tourism must try harder to enforce rules and regulations to maintain cleanliness of beaches, toilets and other public places. Clean taxicabs with untampered meters, honest and trusted taxi drivers and "not choosy", especially during rush hours and rainy weather. The positive side is, most Filipinos/Filipinas are accomodating, courteous, helpful and respectful. Based from my previous and ongoing experience in travel to the Philippines. im a filipino and i think filipino foods are not that delicious. many people would prefer drier foods than wet foods like adobo, afritada and many more. But since my mother always cook Filipino foods, I use to like it. My coconut shell |
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