Purpose-Driven Tourism: The Intersection of Cultural Cuisine, Gender Equality, and Sustainable Community Building

By bringing together stories from around the world, this new volume explores the confluence
of tourism, cuisine, gender equality, and community development in tourism, presenting an
engrossing investigation in a world characterized by fast urbanization, growing globalization,
and the critical requirement for sustainable practices.

An inclusive and balanced approach to travel is highlighted, with tales of women in tourism
from around the world and how their participation encourages the tourism sector to contribute
to gender parity. An essential part of purpose-driven tourism is sustainable community
building, which also takes center stage in the volume. The book investigates the significance of
conservation initiatives, responsible tourism practices, and community participation that
highlight comprehensive strategies that can lead to the prosperity of host communities and the
protection of their natural resources while simultaneously benefiting tourists.

Emphasizing the diversity of cultural cuisines, the book delves into the complex relationships
between gender, sustainable community building, and gastronomy, offering engrossing studies
of gastronomy and cultural tourism, including beer and cultural heritage tourism in Germany,
the lure of coffee tourism in Colombia, how recreational fishing in Mexico leads to sustainable
development opportunities, the impact of gastronomy on social entrepreneurship, gastronomic
tourism in Peru, Indonesia, Mexico, and more.