Craft Beer Tourism
A city becomes a beercation destination when the craft brewing scene starts to draw it s own beer loving tourists.
Craft beer tourism. Many people seek out local breweries or brew pubs when they travel for other reasons. Stay up to date here at ubt. The craft beer scene has taken over almost every inch of the globe from australia to estonia and pretty much everywhere in between. Travel and tourism constitute one of the largest industries in the world with americans spending a total of 1 1 trillion in domestic and international travel in 2018.
Any craft beer tour of st. Craft brewers are now a main attraction for travelers. Craft beer is big business in america with a passionate following of consumers who appreciate the nuances of beer flavor texture and character as much as their wine loving brethren. 300 are located in the upstate region.
You have invested your blood sweat tears and maybe a small fortune in the craft beer industry. Attend the beer marketing tourism conference to hear from expert speakers take away actionable content and network with your peers. Beer tourism is so strong that travel website travelocity just published a beer tourism index. Consider the businessman who asks his hotel concierge where he can go to visit a local brewery or the local citizen who brings visiting friends or relatives to her favorite brewery to entertain them.
The economics of beer tourism given the growth and potential of the beer tourism industry travel suppliers are increasingly incorporating craft beer and brewery experiences into their products. Louis has to include schlafly beer s taproom which was one of the first modern microbreweries in the city when it opened in 1991 and is now second only to anheuser busch in terms of beer output. Craft beer tourism refers to tourism where the primary motivation of travel is to visit a brewery beer festival beer related activity or other event that allows attendees to experience all aspects of the craft beer making consuming and purchasing process. The beer tourism industry has evolved from the larger culinary and bever.
If schlafly is too big for your tastes there are around 50 other craft brewers and brewpubs in st. Yet competition is fierce and success is not guaranteed. We like to think of a sort of continuum of beer tourism. With experimental breweries new takes on old traditions and.
New york state is now home to over 400 breweries and counting as the craft beer revolution continues. For example in 2015 the brewers association s three day great american beer festival generated the equivalent of 2 percent of denver s gdp accounting for 28 6 million.