Food preferences of Chinese tourists

Role of food neophilia in food market tourists’ motivational construct: The case of La Boqueria in Barcelona, Spain

“…Thus, all of those tourist resources that become must icons are essential landmarks in any trip; they appear in any travelers' tourist list. Many scholars in the field of food tourism spent time on research of this factor (Kim and Eves, 2012;Kim et al, 2009;Chang et al, 2010;Hu et al, 2013;Mak et al, 2013), which leads to the following hypothesis:…”

“…Food neophilia has been recognized as one of the important motivators for tourism (Chang et al, 2010;Mitchell and Hall, 2003). Bell and Valentine (1997) have suggested that the development of 'new cuisines' and the globalization of national cuisines around the world are due to the effects of neophilic tendencies as travel motivator.…”

Socio-demographic characteristics as determinants of differences in perception of local gastronomy

“…In the subject literature, the need to research the interest of tourists and food preferences in a destination (Mak et al, 2012a) from the aspect of hospitality and tourism has been emphasized by a greater number of researchers (Chang et al, 2010;Stewart et al, 2008). This increasing interest is fostered by a growing number of destinations, such as Australia, New Zealand, Italy and Singapore, which use all of their culinary resources in promoting and differentiating their own destinations (Chang et al, 2010;Scarpato, 2002).…”

“…This increasing interest is fostered by a growing number of destinations, such as Australia, New Zealand, Italy and Singapore, which use all of their culinary resources in promoting and differentiating their own destinations (Chang et al, 2010;Scarpato, 2002). Mak et al, (2012b) have through the analysis of literature in hospitality and tourism and by synthesis of the results of the consumption of local food, been able to recognize sociodemographic characteristics as a significant factor of influence on food consumption in a tourist destination.…”

Managing visitors’ dining and retail experiences in South African national parks

“…For example, one tourist may be attracted to a gastronomic experience in his/her desire for high quality food, while another may be interested in the non-food aspects such as location and decoration (Correia, Moital, Ferreira da Costa & Peres, 2008). Tourists' individual group factors (Bowie & Buttle, 2011;Gäl et al, 2007), socio-demographic factors (Kumar, 2010;Mak et al, 2012), food related personality (Chang, Kivela & Mak, 2010;Kim, Eves & Scarles, 2009;Mak et al, 2012:932;Tse & Crotts, 2005) and motivation may therefore influence (Kim et al, 2009;Mak et al, 2012) their travel dining experience.…”