Tourism and food production in the Caribbean

Bélisle, François

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“…One of the great paradoxes of Jamaican agriculture has to be what can only be described as the estranged relationship between the island's world famous tourist industry and its local agriculture. So there has exists a situation where local tourism is booming while local agriculture stagnates and declines [26,27].This was recognized from the 1970s and 1980s by researchers who lamented the limited benefits the small-scale domestic food sector enjoyed from the tourism industry [28][29][30]. In more recent work it has been suggested that several changes including more openness towards serving local cuisine in resort facilities and globalization of food consumption habits and the desire of tourist to eat local foods, could serve to strengthen the link between local agriculture and tourism [31][32][33][34].…”

Section: Marketing and Distribution Of Foodmentioning

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Sustainable Food Production Systems and Food Security: Economic and Environmental Imperatives in Yam Cultivation in Trelawny, Jamaica

2011

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Abstract:Members of the genus Dioscorea, food yams, were introduced to Jamaica from Africa during the slave era and have remained a staple in local diets and national cuisine. Yam cultivation has also been an important economic activity providing employment for thousands of rural Jamaicans. Until the 1960s yams were grown for local use by subsistence growers for home consumption or by commercial growers for sale in local produce markets. Since then, however, yam has also grown to become an important export crop. With its value added potential virtually untouched, this crop possesses intriguing possibilities from the standpoint of food security and rural livelihoods in yam growing areas of Jamaica. At the same time there are concerns about the ecological and economic sustainability of yam farming under current conditions. In this paper we will analyze the sustainability of yam cultivation and consider concrete strategies for increasing the environmental sustainability and enhancing its contribution to food security.

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Sustainable Food Production Systems and Food Security: Economic and Environmental Imperatives in Yam Cultivation in Trelawny, Jamaica

2011

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“…2 | LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 | Relevance of local food consumption in the context of tourism Visitors' spending on food products can constitute up to one third of total visitor expenditure (Bélisle, 1983), thereby improving the economic, cultural, and environmental sustainability of a tourism destination (Boniface, 2003;Clark & Chabrel, 2007;Enteleca Research and Consultancy, 2000;Torres, 2002;Woodland & Acott, 2007). First, visitor consumption of local food products can generate a direct effect and a multiplier effect, which will benefit the local economy (Enteleca Research and Consultancy, 2000;Sims, 2009;Torres, 2002).…”

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Purchase of local food products during trips by international visitors

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Eusébio

Varum

2017

Journal of Tourism Research

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The contribution made by local products to local economic development has been recognized.While consuming local food products, visitors not only satisfy their vital needs but also interact with local culture and support local development by stimulating demand. Despite this, the determinants of local food product consumption by international visitors have been relatively neglected. The results reveal that the determinants related to interaction with the destination and local products are stronger, but there are differences between visitors' characteristics. The findings contribute to a comprehensive understanding about the interaction of inbound tourism and local food product consumption. KEYWORDS inbound tourism, local food consumption, Portugal | INTRODUCTIONAlthough tourism can be seen as just another form of economic activity that creates employment and income, it is the richness of the interactions between visitors and local destinations that make the tourism industry unique (Cohen & Avieli, 2004;Hsieh & Chang, 2006;Quan & Wang, 2004;Skuras, Dimara, & Petrou, 2006;Telfer & Wall, 1996).Tourism impacts on local destinations in many ways, although, in recent years, there has been growing interest in analysing the synergy between tourism and local food products (Bessière, 1998;Cohen & Avieli, 2004;Hjalager & Richards, 2002;Kivela & Crotts, 2006;Quan & Wang, 2004;Telfer & Wall, 2000). Local food products refer to products that are locally processed and regionally branded, have a local or regional identity (Enteleca Research and Consultancy, 2000;Kim, Eves, & Scarles, 2009;Nummedal & Hall, 2006;Sims, 2009), and are linked to the culture of a particular local community (Bessière, 1998).The importance in studying international visitors' relation with local food is twofold. First, while buying local food products, visitors spur demand, thus contributing to local development (Bessière, 1998;Tellstrom, Gustafsson, & Mossberg, 2005). Second, local food can play an important role in visitors' destination choice, which provides a valuable opportunity for advertising the identity of a destination (Bessière, 1998;Boniface, 2003;Cohen & Avieli, 2004;Henderson, 2009;Hjalager & Richards, 2002). Moreover, contact with local food prod- Despite the relevance of local food products in the tourism experience, the consumption of these products during a trip occurs with different grades of intensity. Whereas certain visitors travel expressly for gastronomic reasons (Bessière, 1998;Hjalager & Richards, 2002;Kivela & Crotts, 2006;Quan & Wang, 2004), others consider local food products as a cultural element of a tourism destination with relevance to their tourism experience (Fields, 2002;Kim et al., 2009;Kim & Eves, 2012;Quan & Wang, 2004). There are others, however, who do not attribute a great deal of relevance to the consumption of local food products. Therefore, it is of utmost relevance to increase knowledge regarding visitors' demand for local food products and the factors that may influence this demand. The identification...

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“…When the articles published in various journals from 1980s to 2017 are examined, it is seen that the relationship between gastronomy and tourism is mostly tried to be understood. Although many studies aimed at revealing the relationship between tourism and local food (Belisle, 1983;Telfer and Wall, 1996), many different aspects of this relationship have also become important research topics. Indeed, there are also researchers who indicate that gastronomic tourists are influenced by travel motivations, destination choices, and holiday experiences (Marris, 1986;Sheldon and Fox, 1988;Van Westering, 1999), as well as those who claim that the destination provides reinforcement of local identity (Bessière, 1998) .…”

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“…Gastronomi turizmi yiyecek ve içeceklerin turizm endüstrisindeki önemi dolayısıyla ekonomik ve toplumsal kalkınma anlamında ülkelere büyük katkıları olabilecek bir turizm çeşididir (Wolf, 2006 (Belisle, 1983;Telfer ve Wall, 1996) bu ilişkinin pek çok farklı açıdan etkileri de önemli bir diğer araştırma konusu olarak gündeme gelmiştir. Nitekim gastronomi turistlerinin seyahat motivasyonlarında, destinasyon seçimlerinde, tatil deneyimlerinde bu bağın etkili olduğunu belirten araştırmacıların (Marris, 1986;Sheldon ve Fox, 1988;Van Westering, 1999) yanı sıra söz konusu destinasyonun yerel kimliğini pekiştirmeyi sağladığını belirtenler (Bessière, 1998) …”

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Gastronomi Turizmi Alanyazının Gelişimi: Journal of Tourism and Gastronomy Studies Dergisinde Yayımlanan Makaleler Üzerine Bir İnceleme (Development of The Gastronomy Tourism Literature: A Research on Journal of Tourism and Gastronomy Studies s Articles)

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Tourism and food production in the Caribbean

Cited by 167 publications

References 7 publications

Sustainable Food Production Systems and Food Security: Economic and Environmental Imperatives in Yam Cultivation in Trelawny, Jamaica

Sustainable Food Production Systems and Food Security: Economic and Environmental Imperatives in Yam Cultivation in Trelawny, Jamaica

Purchase of local food products during trips by international visitors

Gastronomi Turizmi Alanyazının Gelişimi: Journal of Tourism and Gastronomy Studies Dergisinde Yayımlanan Makaleler Üzerine Bir İnceleme (Development of The Gastronomy Tourism Literature: A Research on Journal of Tourism and Gastronomy Studies s Articles)

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