Title
Gastronomy as an element of attraction in a tourist destination: the case of Lima, Peru
Date Issued
01 December 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
BioMed Central Ltd
Elsevier
Abstract
In recent years, gastronomy has become one of the main sources of attraction in the tourist destinations. The objective of this study is to present the results of a research conducted on the foreign tourists in the city of Lima, a World Heritage Site, which is considered as one of the main gastronomic leaders of the world. The principal results indicate that foreign tourists have different attitudes toward the local gastronomy. Therefore, the foreign tourists were arranged, following the model developed by Björk and Kauppinen-Räisänen (2016), in three different groups: survivors, enjoyers, and experiencers. Furthermore, it shows that the foreign tourists have different motivations regarding gastronomy, which we have grouped into three dimensions: new food experience, culture, and socialization. The results show that the dimensions new food experience and socialization contribute to a greater degree to gastronomic satisfaction.
Start page
254
End page
261
Volume
4
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Economía
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85035195523
Source
Journal of Ethnic Foods
ISSN of the container
23526181
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus