One of the goals of the International Culinary Tourism Association (ICTA) is to promote the culinary tourism industry around the world. One of the ways the ICTA does this is to promote the development of Chapters to proactively meet the needs of the culinary tourism industry and businesses at the local level. To this end, the ICTA offers potential Chapters the ability to organize under the umbrella of the Association and the strong foundation of its leadership.

The mission of the Association’s Chapters is to develop and promote two-way communication between the Association and the Chapter. The Chapters do this by nurturing relations with their key local partners and by leveraging the Association’s resources.