Home » News » Revealed: foodie tours are now the fastest growing travel experience

27 April, 2018

Revealed: foodie tours are now the fastest growing travel experience

Tokyo, Japan - May 14, 2015: Crape and ice cream vendor at Harajuku's Takeshita street, known for it's Colorful shops and Punk Manga - Anime overall look. with people

Excuse us but we interrupt your regular pretending-to-do-work-on-a-Friday routine to bring you this very important piece of information.

1Cp0

Newly released data from TripAdvisor has revealed the fastest growing travel category in terms of booking growth is food experiences.

That’s right, food tourism has eclipsed all other travel activities because the world has come to the realisation that food is great.

giphy

Food tours are the fastest growing experiences category on the travel booking site based on traveller spend, which increased a whopping 61 per cent last year versus 2016.

The countries with the highest levels of booking growth include Canada (594 per cent), the UK (583 per cent), and Australia (489 per cent).

Of course, Aussies are among the countries leading the way.

We have enough food enthusiasm in the Travel Weekly office alone to cover the rest of you guys.

Using booking data, TripAdvisor identified the top ten food cities in the world, with food meccas Rome and Florence capturing the top two spots on the list respectively, and Paris rounding out the top three.

TripAdvisor also identified foodie destinations to watch–Quebec City topped the list, and two Australian destinations (Sydney and Brisbane) ranked in the top ten.

Anyway, here’s the top ten because we know you guys are hungry for more details. Pun intended.

1. Rome, most booked experience: Rome Food Tour by Sunset around Prati District

Serving Pizza

2. Florence, most booked experience: Cooking Class and Lunch at a Tuscan Farmhouse with Local Market Tour from Florence

Florence market

3. Paris, most booked experience: Paris Food Tour: Taste of Montmartre

Charming quarter of Montmartre with traditional french cafes, Paris, France

4. Barcelona, most booked experience: Interactive Spanish Cooking Experience in Barcelona

Tapas in Barcelona, Spain

5. New Orleans, most booked experience: New Orleans Food Walking Tour of the French Quarter

Visitors and locals are all over in the French Quarter's streets of New Orleans. People are celebrating and partying while enjoying the street music. This is an ongoing life style .