Destination Management and Marketing 2020
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2469-5.ch016
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Enlivening the Effect of Tourists' Knowledge and Involvement on Malaysian Heritage Food (MHF) Towards Food Tourism Image in Malaysia

Abstract: This current article aims to empirically test the relationship between international tourist knowledge and Malaysian Heritage Food (MHF) cultural involvement on Malaysia's Food Tourism Image and secondly, to analyze the mediating effect of knowledge for both relationships. A quantitative survey of 719 international tourists with previous MHF consumption experience was conducted and analyzed via a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach. Results demonstrated that the following variables have significant ass… Show more

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“…Gastronomy nowadays has become a fundamental instrument for the tourism development in a destination (Nicoletti et al., 2019). The recent literature on food tourism highlights the importance of an adequate and optimal management of gastronomic tourism as the engine of the tourism sector (Omar et al., 2019), also it has proven the importance of empiric research that give practical answers to this industry (Baum, 2019).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Gastronomy nowadays has become a fundamental instrument for the tourism development in a destination (Nicoletti et al., 2019). The recent literature on food tourism highlights the importance of an adequate and optimal management of gastronomic tourism as the engine of the tourism sector (Omar et al., 2019), also it has proven the importance of empiric research that give practical answers to this industry (Baum, 2019).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Previous research understands food as a cultural identity marker embedded in local products and culinary traditions that identify a specific territory or a group of people [51]. Food is an element that improves the uniqueness of the tourist experience [18,44] and helps to develop rural areas [3,54]. Also, a local-based food offer diversifies the portfolio of destinations [40].…”
Section: The Relevance Of Local-sourced Products In Slow Food Tourismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, knowledge management by an organization has a crucial role in its employees' awareness. Knowledge management helps develop a deep connection between the organization and its employees (Al-Dmour et al, 2020;Omar et al, 2020). Employees with essential knowledge about the overall workability of their corresponding organization are orderly clear about their devoted functionalities and performances for the organization.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%