From news.com.au:

MELBOURNE will be put on show as one of the world’s top food destinations if a bid to recreate the city at Disney World is successful.

Tourism Victoria told Melbourne Leader the city is vying for the right to be featured as one of the world’s four great food cities at the Florida themepark when the biggest food festival on the planet kicks off in September.

The Epcot International Food and Wine Festival attracts more than 1.3 million visitors to Florida’s Walt Disney World Resort each year.

Tourism Victoria marketing director Don Richter said Disney had invited Victoria to bid because of its reputation as a food and wine destination.

“This is a great way to showcase Melbourne and Victoria to the world,” he said.

The bid includes a plan to recreate Melbourne’s laneways at the festival, according to a report to Melbourne councillors.

The laneways would lead visitors past displays of street art and into a main exhibition area where a food and wine tasting area would give visitors a Queen Victoria Market experience.

While the final four great food cities of the world would not be known until the end of this month, the report to council said frontrunners included New Orleans, Copenhagen and Rio de Janeiro.

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