The NYTimes wrote that many people are staying closer to home, choosing to discover local versions of authentic cuisines.

Global Fine Dining Awaits in San Francisco

With some of the best dining — at all levels — around, it’s usually not too hard to find a more exotic meal in the City with notable areas like the Mission, Inner Richmond, Inner Sunset, Sunset, Haight, Chinatown, Dogpatch Bernal, the Portola and Excelsior having great options apart from the old school favorites like North Beach, the Marina, Laurel Heights and the Financial District always incubating new eateries. The Times goes on to highlight how diaspora populations (of which we have many of) are negating the need of food-tourism for the sake of food tourism only:

The old model of chasing cultural cachet by traveling to specific destinations for “authentic” local cuisine is fading fast, worn down by streaming food documentaries, algorithm-driven Instagram recommendations that expose every hidden gem and the democratization of travel through budget flights and Airbnbs. With global foods more accessible than ever, the real cutting edge of culinary exploration lies not in destination traveling but in the next wave of third-culture cuisines at the intersections of tradition, immigration and diaspora.

Food tourism as we’ve known it has become a victim of its own success. You no longer need to visit Paris for macarons from Ladurée when you can find them at shops in major U.S. cities or have them delivered to your home via Goldbelly, a service that specializes in iconic restaurant dishes and regional specialties.