Food festival research review in contemporary tourism

Abstract

Purpose Food festivals are prevalent for those passionate about food experience globally. More importantly, feedback from food reviewers on mass media platforms has been becoming a critical factor in facilitating the decision-making process of tourists in particular cities. Moreover, stimulating local tourism activities, thanks to food festivals, prove advantageous to the well-being of local habitants. The purpose of this paper is to provide readers with a general overview of food festival research trends in tourist cities, as tourism has the potential to contribute to targets in Goals 8, 12 and 14 on sustainable consumption and production and the sustainable use of resources, respectively, (UNWTO: World Tourism Organization). Design/methodology/approach This study searched and filtered documents from the Scopus and Web of Science databases, as well as used bibliometric analysis and other mathematical and statistical methods, to better understand the food festival research context between 1970 and 2021. The carriers with mathematical and statistical methods. VOSviewer algorithm was used to identify critical input for visualizing bibliometric networks and to create a framework for this academic food festival research. Findings The findings are primarily related to pre and post-COVID-19 research on food festivals worldwide. Furthermore, using an inductive approach, this paper reveals the impact of food festivals in cities and tourist behaviors. According to the findings, the food festival research trends are about “food festivals,” “slow food festivals” and “local food festivals.” Factor analysis is one of the most common analyses in this type of research. Other studies could use the findings and limitations to select appropriate themes and analysis approaches for their research topics. Research limitations/implications Research data sets are mainly from articles that may not account for all actual trends during this pandemic. Originality/value This review expects to provide insights into food festivals and help future researchers to recognize several research gaps such as the lack of research on food festival manufacturers and producers or the consistency in visitors' aspect research of quality service, visitors' loyal intentions, satisfaction and culinary experience. The tourism industry can find research trends of food festivals and issues following COVID-19 to find their management styles to fit the context of the post-COVID-19 pandemic, facilitating organizing a safe and effective food festival.

Local Food Festivals quality: Towards Successful for Egyptian Food Tourism

“…In general, the study results shown that local food festival quality has a vital role in improving the image of Egypt as a destination for local food festival tourism, it also increase the revisit intention and raise visitors satisfaction and loyalty rates. Results give the Egyptian food festivals managers the ideal model to deal with visitors needs to retain them for the success of Egypt as a destination for food tourism through visitor satisfaction and loyalty which agreed with (Stylos et al, 2017;Tsai Wang, 2017;Stone et al, 2018;Agyeiwaah et al, 2019;Getz, 2019;Payini et al, 2020;Yang et al, 2020;Van Rousta, 2020;Khoshkam et al, 2022;Pizzichini et al, 2022;Anh et al, 2022;Han et al,2022;Rivera et al, 2022;Chieh & Hee, 2022). Therefore, the hypotheses are accepted and statistically supported.…”

“…Events when food and meals are produced and consumed, are called "food festivals" (Meretse, Mykletun, & Einarsen, 2016a). As a result, food festivals encourage guests to engage in "holistic, hedonistic involvements" with food by allowing them to try new tastes or preferences in a fun environment (Anh et al, 2022).…”

“…Tourist destinations have grown accustomed to the term "food festival" in recent decades. Since local cuisine represents the preferences of a specific country, region, or person, such as Chinese tourists' favored cuisine; it is believed to improve the reputation of tourist magnetism (Anh et al, 2022).…”

Зарубіжний І Вітчизняний Досвід Інноваційних Подієвих Активностей У Ресторанному Бізнесі Та Гастрономічному Туризмі

“…6, No. 4 https://is-journal.com діяльності за рахунок гастрономічних фестивалів позитивно позначається на добробуті місцевих жителів [5]. Як указують D. Janiszewska та L. Ossowska, ділова мотивація учасників кулінарних фестивалів не обмежується економічними та маркетинговими аспектами, а включає також і такі мотиви як продовження сімейних традицій і популяризація місцевих традицій та культури [6].…”

“…Особливостям впливу кулінарних подієвих активностей на розвиток гастрономічного туризму присвячено праці таких авторів: A. T. Tran та ін. [5], D. Janiszewskа, L. Ossowska [6]. Проблеми розробки та проведення ресторанних заходів досліджуються у працях J. R. Walker [7], J. Tum та ін.…”