The idea is to feel ,understand ,absorb and live the new place ,ist always observed that many insist on eating the same food which they ate before boarding the flight/train or bus and continue eating through out the tour its a wrong way to tour -If i have to Say .

Surprisingly there are reputed tour operators who take great pride in announcing the availability of HOME FOOD while on tour .When one travels the terrain,the climate ,the vegetation changes and the reason being it is more suited and its very much natural.To quote one instance A group of students from South of india traveled to Uttaranchal and demanded Curd Rice at Auli which is something like 3000mts above sea level just because its their staple diet and something which they call Home food going by the standard set by some so called reputed Tour Operators we should have provide the HOme food , but instead we educated the group cold weather and high altitude at AULI prescribes "Rajma and Roti' which generates the much necessary heat in the body to counter the cold weather, when we transpired the idea to the group they understood.

Educating the tourist is the key responsibility of the tour operator and not only regarding the food but also culture ,ethics and cleanliness of the local place.

Its said that basic difference between a tourist and traveler is ............