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Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Tourism - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, University of applied sciences, language: English, abstract: This paper aims to state to which extent culinary experiences affect the touristic situation of a certain destination. Food plays a high role in choosing a destination, which leads to the fact that food tourism plays a significant role in the overall tourism industry. Culinary tourism itself describes a way to witness local tourism through its culinary offers. To properly enjoy those, it is essential to provide culinary experiences, since those are the most memorable and convincing way to make tourists come back in the future. In order to achieve this goal, it is vital for industries to implement culinary storytelling in their marketing approach since this trend is capable of touching the human psyche, it is very authentic and gives the possibility to share feelings and ideas on a personal level. Another current trend in food tourism creating unique culinary experiences is dining in the dark since normal eating turns into a dynamic experience, which requires all five human senses.