Promoting sustainable tourism futures in Timor-Leste by creating synergies between food, place and people

Investigating Cuisine Experiences in the Maldives: A Novel Research Method Utilizing Tasting Buffets

“…This can help develop and leverage gastronomic tourism within the burgeoning guesthouse tourism industry leading to strengthening of linkages between tourism and local community development, including follow on benefits for the local agricultural industry. Similar benefits can apply for other developing destinations where local cuisine tourism experiences have been neglected (Berno et al, 2021). There could also be opportunities for non-tourism focussed studies to utilise the methods, to provoke recollections of memorable food experiences.…”

“…In the last few decades, academics have increasingly investigated the connection between food and tourism through various themes (De Jong et al, 2018;Lee & Scott, 2015;Okumus, 2020), emphasising the importance of food and its components to the tourism industry. These themes include explorations of food as a travel motivator (Akyuz, 2019), food and sustainable tourism development (Berno et al, 2016(Berno et al, , 2021Enzenbacher, 2019), and tourists' perceptions of local food, including the link with exploring local culture (De Jong et al, 2018). The research focussed on this connection has been thorough and diverse.…”

“…This includes predominantly quantitative surveys such as of local residents to gain understandings of their travel and cuisine intentions (Akyuz, 2019;Alderighi et al, 2016), of local food enthusiasts questioning them on their food travel inclinations (Getz & Robinson, 2014), of tourists attending a travel fair (Björk & Kauppinen-Räisänen, 2016), and of urban tourists visiting a large food market (Dimitrovski & Crespi-Vallbona, 2017). Other studies focussed on supply side investigations, including surveys of destination marketing stakeholders at a tourism-marketing exhibition (Du Rand et al, 2008), and interviews and focus groups with destination and community stakeholders (Berno et al, 2021;Everett & Aitchison, 2008). There is also a study adopting a multi-method investigation which included observations of people visiting food courts, markets, and restaurants (Enzenbacher, 2019).…”

How Can “Community Voices” from Qualitative Research Illuminate Our Understanding of the Implementation of the SDGs? A Scoping Review

“…However, there were six studies that did not follow this trend. Four studies used qualitative methods to explore forms of cultural understanding and indigenous knowledge that could contribute towards the achievement of the SDGs [40][41][42][43]. Wilson [40] explored the potential contribution of Akan mythology towards gender mainstreaming in Ghana, while Berno et al [41] collected local "food stories" that could contribute to the development of sustainable tourism in Timor Leste.…”

“…Four studies used qualitative methods to explore forms of cultural understanding and indigenous knowledge that could contribute towards the achievement of the SDGs [40][41][42][43]. Wilson [40] explored the potential contribution of Akan mythology towards gender mainstreaming in Ghana, while Berno et al [41] collected local "food stories" that could contribute to the development of sustainable tourism in Timor Leste. Ali et al [42] and Dasgupta et al [43] advocated for the contribution of indigenous knowledge to disaster risk reduction and sustainable agriculture, respectively.…”