The paper examines street foods consumption in the Market Circle of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. The data used for the study were obtained from individuals who were either purchasing or consuming street foods in the Market Circle in August of 2011. The results revealed that the average consumer makes use of street foods six times in a week and there was a penchant for carbohydrate based foods over other types of street foods. Reasons including cost saving, convenience and eating on credit were noted to underlie the consumption of street foods in the area. Based on the findings, it was concluded that the high consumption of street foods in the Market Circle was for reasons other than nutrition and health.

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Eating the food of other cultures is fraught with many problems underpinned by many factors chief among them being sociocultural background. The study, therefore, through a socio-cultural perspective, examines the factors necessary for food tourism development and promotion from tourists' perspectives. Using the tenets of grounded theory, 40 international tourists were interviewed at Cape Coast, Ghana. It was found that sensory characteristics and mediated by factors such as cultural/ worldviews influence local food consumption. The findings support the position that the socio-cultural background of tourists affects their evaluation of a destination's food, hence consumption. Implications of the study are also drawn.