Under the conditions of a dynamically developing tourism which occupies one of the central places in the world economy, there is an urgent need to strengthen its position in Kazakhstan where the country's tourism potential is used at a very low level. The article highlights the main aspects of gastronomic tourism as a recent trend of tourism. The purpose of this article is to discover the main concepts of innovative gastronomic tourism as an opportunity for the development of territories and their active participation in the formation of innovative tourism attractiveness. Selected world top gastronomic tours and excursions experience are discussed according to the largest travel site Trip Advisor. An attempt to analyze gastronomic tourism as a promising type of development of regions in Kazakhstan has been taken by utilizing qualitative expert interviews.