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Article: Tourism Officials Seek to Promote Oregon's Dining Delights.
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- January 27, 2003
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By Sherri Buri McDonald, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 27--Oregon Tourism officials want visitors to remember not just what they saw here -- snow-capped mountains, wild rivers, windswept beaches -- but also what they tasted.
That is the essence of "culinary tourism," an idea that a newly formed statewide group of food, beverage and tourism professionals hopes to tout heavily this year in a bid to boost business throughout the state.
Leading the effort is the Oregon Culinary Tourism Task Force, whose 24 members include tourist boards, chambers of commerce, restaurants, wineries and inns, and ...