ʻO ka World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), ua hoʻokuʻu ka Japan Travel and Tourism Association (JTTA) a me Gurunavi i ka mea hou UNWTO Hōʻike e pili ana i ka gastronomy Tourism: The Case of Japan.
I kēia manawa, he mea hou ka manaʻo o ka mākaʻikaʻi gastronomy ma Iapana. Eia nō naʻe, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o kēia hōʻike, ua hauʻoli ka mākaʻikaʻi gastronomy ma Iapana i ka ulu ikaika ʻana i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, e hāʻawi ana i nā pono waiwai a me ka hana ʻana i mea hana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka nohona.
"I ka nui aʻe o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e ʻimi nei i nā ʻike kūʻokoʻa o ka gastronomy kūloko, ua neʻe ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi gastronomy i kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me kāna kōkua kūpono i nā Sustainable Development Goals," wahi a Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Kakauolelo-General.
"Ma o nā hiʻohiʻona kūleʻa like ʻole o ka mākaʻikaʻi gastronomy ma Iapana, hōʻike kēia hōʻike i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka ʻāina i ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka huakaʻi gastronomy i mea hana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ka hoʻopili ʻana a me ka hoʻohui ʻāina."
Ua ʻike ʻia ka noiʻi no ka hōʻike he 38% o nā prefecture o Iapana e komo a hoʻolālā paha e hoʻokomo i ka mākaʻikaʻi gastronomy i kā lākou hoʻolālā e hiki mai ana, aʻo 42% o nā kaona i hōʻike ʻia ua loaʻa iā lākou nā hiʻohiʻona o nā hana e pili ana i ka gastronomy. Hōʻike pū ka hōʻike i ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hui like ʻana o ka lehulehu-private i loko o ka mākaʻikaʻi gastronomy.
