Tourism Tidbits: The Importance of Food and Food Safety for the Travel and Tourism Industry

Dr. Peter Tarlow | August 4, 2023

By Dr. Peter Tarlow The northern hemisphere’s long summer months are a time to relax and enjoy the great outdoors.  When it comes to food preparation and good food safety habits, however, being too relaxed can destroy a vacation or even terminate in hospitalization. Although no one has recently connected food safety to criminal acts or acts of terrorism, this has occurred in the past.  As we learned during the Covid-19 pandemic health is an important part of tourism security. Likewise, food safety must be an essential component of a sustainable tourism industry. We only have to review some of the problems that the cruise industry has...