Travel and leisure activity participation

Smith, Wayne W.; Pitts, Robert E.; Litvin, Stephen W.

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2012.07.008

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“…Moreover, many researchers (e.g. Lee, Packer, & Scott, 2015;McKercher & Chan, 2005;Smith, Pitts, & Litvin, 2012) express their concerns that the significance of food as a motivation for travel has been exaggerated and that many studies have assumed food-related activities are a valid proxy for travel motives. Therefore, it is important to understand the true value of food within the overall travel decisions of tourists and their consumer behaviours and how local food can be utilised by destinations to contribute to the development of sustainable tourism needs further investigation.…”

Section: Food and Sustainable Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding the role of local food in sustaining Chinese destinations

Chen

Huang

2018

Current Issues in Tourism

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Food is a sustainable part of destination tourism. However, few studies attempt to separate and examine the role played by local foods within tourists' overall experience when claiming the benefits that local foods can bring to a destination.Using Mainland China as the case in point, this study aims to evaluate the potential for destinations to use local food as a sustainable marketing tool. This is achieved through examining how local food, as part of the tourist experience, can contribute to tourists' destination loyalty. This study proposes a structural model addressing the potential relationships between tourist food-related behaviours (tourists'food-related motivation, information search, food involvement, and food satisfaction) and destination loyalty among domestic tourists in China. Useable data was collected from 1353 respondents at eight destinations in China, this was screened and analysed with SPSS 21 and partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results reveal the positive correlation between tourists' food satisfaction and destination loyalty, confirming the value of local food in China as a sustainable marketing tool. However, the paper highlights that tourists' food-related motivation, information search, and involvement are not in direct correlation to their destination loyalty. Possible implications for destination marketers and researchers are provided.

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Section: Food and Sustainable Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding the role of local food in sustaining Chinese destinations

Chen

Huang

2018

Current Issues in Tourism

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“…Tourists may travel to escape from the ordinary and thus choose activities different to those at home, or may undertake the same activities as they do at home (Funk, Toohey, & Bruun, 2007;Smith, Pitts, & Litvin, 2012). In either case, lifestyle preferences or habitus are likely to influence their destination activity choices (Allen, 2002;Hjalager, 2004).…”

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Travel lifestyle preferences and destination activity choices of Slow Food members and non-members

2015

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“…Cuisine tourists travelling to the destinations are generally considered to be significantly influenced by savoring local specialty. However, the decision to undertake destination activities such as participation in local cuisine festivals might not be a consideration when tourists make their decision to travel [43,44]. Therefore, there is some disagreement when food becomes an important or primary motivational factor in tourists' decision making [45].…”

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The Transmission of Traditional Cuisines: A Review

Lin¹

2019

J Tourism Hospit

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Limited research examined the factors and attributes of festivals or events that affect the transmission of traditional cuisine. This study aims to conduct the transmission ways of traditional cuisine relations not only how the traditional cuisine exists and transfer from generation to generation by a review. Traditional cuisines are a part of life and culture, especially they are the spotlight at specific occasions, celebrations, or festivals, and improve the development and sustainability of tourism in rural destinations. The implications of this paper can be useful for promoting stakeholders' implementations of traditional cuisines and providing to transmit traditional cuisines sustainably.

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Travel and leisure activity participation

Cited by 24 publications

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Understanding the role of local food in sustaining Chinese destinations

Understanding the role of local food in sustaining Chinese destinations

Travel lifestyle preferences and destination activity choices of Slow Food members and non-members

The Transmission of Traditional Cuisines: A Review

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