Factors Determining George Town as a City of Gastronomy

Khoo, Suet Leng; Badarulzaman, Nurwati

doi:10.1080/21568316.2013.874365

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“…The survey applied in the fieldwork is based on previous research [6,7,11,19,25,26]. This research analyses the relationships between tourism and gastronomy.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Accordingly, [1] itself specifies the priority of this type of recognition of cities in Developing Countries, as a way of helping strengthen their local economy. Because of this, the inclusion as a UCCN addresses four fundamental elements for progress in the urban areas: economic prosperity, social equity, environmental sustainability and cultural expression [6].…”

Section: Literature Review Creative Cities Tourism and Gastronomymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gastronomic satisfaction of the tourist: empirical study in the Creative City of Popayán, Colombia

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Currently, gastronomy is a fundamental element for tourists to discover the culture and traditions of a destination. The transcendence granted to a culinary experience in a specific place can become a fundamental motivation for the visit and determine the level of satisfaction reached. In this research, the relationship between tourism and gastronomy is analysed in the city of Popayán, Colombia, a city that has received recognition from UNESCO as a Creative City of Gastronomy. To do this, we examine the influence of different dimensions of culinary motivation in the satisfaction with gastronomy that is experienced during the visit. In addition, we analyse the role of tourist attitude towards culinary experience in gastronomy satisfaction. The methodology used in this research is based on partial least squares structural equation modelling. The main results indicate that the importance of the culinary experience of the tourist in the choice of the destination mediates the effect that culinary motivations exercise on the satisfaction with the gastronomy.

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“…The survey applied in the fieldwork is based on previous research [6,7,11,19,25,26]. This research analyses the relationships between tourism and gastronomy.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Review Creative Cities Tourism and Gastronomymentioning

confidence: 99%

Gastronomic satisfaction of the tourist: empirical study in the Creative City of Popayán, Colombia

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“…Additionally, Besculides et al (2002) conclude that tourism can help save traditional arts from extinction through a tourism market that places value on aspects of cultural heritage that were once thought unimportant. Furthermore, the recently recognized sociocultural benefits of tourism being a force for rural innovation (Brouder, 2012) and gastronomical revitalization (Khoo & Badarulzaman, 2014) would be hampered from an effort to reduce travel for the sole sake of GHG reductions.…”

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To Travel or Not to Travel? Both Have Implications for Sustainable Tourism

Boley

2014

Tourism Planning & Development

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The increasing concern over tourism's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and its subsequent impact on climate change has led some to recommend strict measures to reduce the volume of travel. While the reduction of tourism's GHG emissions is an essential piece of tourism's sustainability, there has been little discussion of the implications that reducing travel could have on a destination's triple bottom line (ecological, sociocultural, and economic sustainability). Much of the sustainable tourism literature has historically focused on maximizing tourism's benefits to residents' quality of life, the environment, cultural heritage, and the economy, but these traditional metrics have been largely removed from the recent discussion on tourism and climate change. This article proposes a conceptual model that incorporates the traditional metrics of sustainability with the net amount of GHG emitted to help determine whether travel has a net positive or negative impact. While the model is entirely theoretical, it depicts sustainable tourism as not solely a function of GHG emissions, but a function of maximizing tourism's positive impacts (handprint) within destinations while minimizing its GHG emissions (footprint). The article concludes by demonstrating how the framework can be applied to increase tourism's sustainability within destinations as well as globally.

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“…For instance, The Guardian's journalist John Brunton has acclaimed George Town to be the city with the Best Street Food in Asia. To this end, recent studies have illustrated how the island city's gastronomic prowess can be harnessed to facilitate its transformation into a Creative City (Khoo & Badarulzaman, 2014a;Khoo & Badarulzaman, 2014b).…”

Section: Leveraging Global Accolades Branding and Cultural Assetsmentioning

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The Promise and Perils of the Island City of George Town (Penang) as a Creative City

Khoo¹,

Samat²,

Badarulzaman³

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Abstract:The peripheral and semi-peripheral roles of islands are being challenged and contested as contemporary island cities assume positions as engines of growth and become centres of progress for driving economic development. Notably, island cities around the globe have become instrumental in shaping and influencing the dynamics of urban development as cities now compete with each other to strategically position themselves in today's competitive global economy that leverages creativity and innovation. Particularly in a creative economy, the availability, quantity, and quality of unique cultures; creative talents; and creative/cultural industries within a city are differentiating and determining factors that can boost a city's position and subsequently spur economic growth and progress. Against this backdrop, this paper explores the position of the island city of George Town (Penang) en route to becoming a Creative City. This paper highlights the island's urban dynamics as well as discusses the promise and perils of transforming George Town into a Creative City in its own right.

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Factors Determining George Town as a City of Gastronomy

Cited by 30 publications

References 18 publications

Gastronomic satisfaction of the tourist: empirical study in the Creative City of Popayán, Colombia

Gastronomic satisfaction of the tourist: empirical study in the Creative City of Popayán, Colombia

To Travel or Not to Travel? Both Have Implications for Sustainable Tourism

The Promise and Perils of the Island City of George Town (Penang) as a Creative City

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