“…Prior studies on Peruvian cuisine report how this country is rapidly emerging as the newest global culinary highlight (Anderson & Benbow, 2017; Markowitz, 2012), although only few assess the modern traditional cuisine of Peru that deepens their roots in the ancestral inhabitants of the country (Osorio et al , 2021), whereas none of them use the ACSI. Several studies associate heritage and tourism with authenticity and loyalty to a destination (Ramires, Brandao, & Sousa, 2018), motivation and satisfaction (Kim & Thapa, 2018), perceived value and loyalty (Prayag, Hosany, & Odeh, 2013), experience, satisfaction and tourist behaviour (Meng & Han, 2018) and loyalty and satisfaction (Goncalves et al , 2022). Nonetheless, no studies have measured cuisine, satisfaction and overall experience with loyalty to a place from the gastronomic perspective.…”