Lucena City as a Driver of Culinary Tourism in Quezon, Province Philippines

This study determined the potential of Lucena City as a culinary tourism in Quezon Province in terms of Specialty Food and the researchers used qualitative methods to gather data. This study would provide benefits to the culinary tourism industry of Lucenahins and would also contribute to better understanding why Lucena City must be an attraction for tourists to visit the place. The researchers chose 15 owners or chef/cook of Lucena City as participants of the study. The researchers gathered data through an interview. This study is qualitative research where the researchers gathered a data using face to face interview and this study used purposive sampling which means the researchers purposively picked the participants in gathering data. Based on the findings of this study, the different dishes in Lucena City are chami, chicken delino, pritong tinapa, miki bihon, hardinera, and rilyenong bangus. With those variety of dishes in Lucena City, the most special and most popular dish is the Chami. The foods in Lucena City are delicious, palatable, and authentic that made it a distinct cuisine in other places cuisine. The contribution of Lucena City specialty foods as a driver of culinary tourism in Quezon Province includes the Chami Festival. Chami is one of the popular food or dishes in Lucena City. The researchers provided a valid information in terms of specialty foods in Lucena City to promote and to improve the tourism industry of Lucenahins, also to develop infographics.