“…Prior studies on Peruvian cuisine report how this country is rapidly emerging as the newest global culinary highlight (Anderson & Benbow, 2017;Markowitz, 2012), although only few assess the modern traditional cuisine of Peru that deepens their roots in the ancestral inhabitants of the country (Osorio et al, 2021), whereas none of them use the ACSI. Several studies associate heritage and tourism with authenticity and loyalty to a destination (Ramires, Brandao, & Sousa, 2018), motivation and satisfaction (Kim & Thapa, 2018), perceived value and loyalty (Prayag, Hosany, & Odeh, 2013), experience, satisfaction and tourist behaviour (Meng & Han, 2018) and loyalty and satisfaction (Goncalves et al, 2022).…”