The influence of authentic food on the choice of tourist destination

Authors

  • Ivana Janković Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Departman za geografiju, turizam i hotelijerstvo, Novi Sad, Srbija
  • Miloš Ćirić Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Departman za geografiju, turizam i hotelijerstvo, Novi Sad, Srbija
  • Vesna Vujasinović Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Departman za geografiju, turizam i hotelijerstvo, Novi Sad, Srbija

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/bizinfo2002081J

Keywords:

tourism, authentic food, tourist destination

Abstract

Food is certainly one of the very important elements on every travel. Most tourists on their trips want to try something new and unusual. Authentic food is partly a representation of people’s culture as well as some particular regions. The aim of this paper is to see the extent which food has, being an important factor when it comes to tourists' choice of tourism destinations and whether they take a bit of it with them, in order to pass it on to someone else, as part of the gastronomic value they acquired at that tourist destination. Participants were tourists who visited Serbia (N = 55). Data were processed by descriptive method with the help of spss program. According to the gathered and analised data, a large number of respondents choose a tourist destination on the grounds of its authentic food and buys products that are characteristic for that region, thus indicating that they liked the food and that they would visit that specific destination again.

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Published

2020-12-28

How to Cite

Janković, I., Ćirić, M. ., & Vujasinović, V. (2020). The influence of authentic food on the choice of tourist destination . BizInfo (Blace) Journal of Economics, Management and Informatics, 11(2), 81–92. https://doi.org/10.5937/bizinfo2002081J