Cultural tourism in Lithuania - experiencing culinary heritage in regional feasts
ENThe cultural tourism is not only an opportunity to develop tourism and related economic activities. It is also very appropriate way to create positive image and promote international relations of any country. Culinary tourism is important part of cultural tourism, which have specific territorial consequences because it opens otherwise unnoticed places for local and foreign tourists. One of the ways of promotion of such tourism is organisation of various locally related feasts, festivals, fairs or other kinds of similar events. Not always those events have strong cultural heritage dimension but usually they create an opportunity to feel at least some cultural traditions of various less famous but still often unique and interesting places. The recent boom of such activities in peripheral Lithuanian towns and municipalities illustrates the usefulness of such events for local economies and societies. Also it provides new attraction points for those seeking something more and something different than a common tourism attraction points can offer. Keywords: Cultural Tourism, Culinary Tourism, Lithuania, Regional & Local Products, Food Tourism.
