Tefera , Tamrat (PhD)Gebreyes, Yordanos2019-12-172023-11-182019-12-172023-11-182019-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/20403This study was designed to assess perception of tourists toward gastronomy practice in selected cultural restaurants of Addis Ababa. The target population of this study was tourists. In order to conduct this study, mixed research approach applied. Purposive sampling techniques were used to determine sample size. Moreover, the tourist questionnaire survey and interview were used as a data collection instrument, whereas both primary and secondary sources of data were used to collect relevant data. In-depth interview for interview 10 restaurants workers from five cultural restaurants and 136 tourists for questionnaire survey were selected. Quantitative-led mixed methods of data analysis were used. The final result of this research was analyzed, interpreted and discussed by using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics the finding of the research revealed that the perceptions of tourists towards gastronomy practices are high. The study identified that the practice of gastronomy in the study area was accounted for more than 3.5 mean in all indicators. The benefit of gastronomy it scored above 3.5 Mean. Therefore, this shows that the benefit of gastronomy in the study to be high. This result also revealed that the perception of tourists towards the barriers to use gastronomic practice in the study area. Above all, there is a need to know all the concerned body with their relevant roles. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher recommended that awareness creation, role and responsibly in the study areaenGastronomyPerceptionTouristsAddis AbabaTourism DevelopmentThesis