Local agricultural products in tourism: A. J. Strutt's account of Sicilian prickly pears.

摘要: In the marketing of tourist locations several strands can be exploited to stress potentialities a place: landscape, buildings, quality foods. European regulations connect local food place and history in terms growing or manufacturing praxis traditions rooted ways preparing consuming it. tourism, products add travel experience since they employed define cultural identity location. This paper, while reckoning role wants call attention added value British grand tourists’ reports play defining historical roots items. To this aim, brief descriptions Sicilian prickly pears from Arthur John Strutt, painter traveller, are reported, discussed for first time, as means better characterize PDO cactus fruits grown Sicily.