Jakarta, Oct. 3 -- The Ministry of Tourism is developing gastronomy tourism by connecting Indonesia's culinary richness with industry players and markets through the Wonderful Indonesia Gastronomy (WIG) 2026 series.

Minister of Tourism Widiyanti Putri Wardhana said in a statement issued in Jakarta on Saturday that the government is bringing together industry players, chefs, practitioners, academics, and communities to discuss gastronomy from various perspectives.

"An identity and a driver of socio-economic development, how culinary heritage can evolve into a business, the potential of gastronomy tourism, and how Indonesian flavors and stories can be crafted into a global narrative," she said.

Widiyanti said the development of gastronom...