BANGKOK, April 23 (TNA) – The Thai Ministry of Tourism and
Sports organises the ASEAN Gastronomy Tourism Fair & Forum in Bangkok this
week, aimed to present and demonstrate outstanding food cuisine and products,
as well as tourist attractions of member countries of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Presiding over a ceremony to inaugurate the regional event
in the capital on Monday, Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat said the
regional event was held following Thailand’s role as a key coordinator for the
draft of the proposed ASEAN Gastronomy Tourism Project in early 2018.
The draft then led to the signing of an ASEAN declaration on
cooperation in the regional gastronomy- cum tourism among ASEAN member states
and the introduction this year of a regional master plan on gastronomy- cum
tourism that has been worked out by Thailand, he said.
The ASEAN Gastronomy Tourism Fair & Forum comprises of
four parts, including an exhibition and showcase of outstanding cuisine and
food products, as well as tourism attractions of ASEAN member countries,
workshops on creative cookery, public forums on the ASEAN cuisine and a mini
food film. (TNA)
