The use of a semi-qualitative methodology in food tourism re- search: Different ways to satisfy a highly demanding tourist

When it comes to revitalizing rural areas and securing their population, food tourism can play a useful role. As such, there is a need for an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of the food tourism market, in order to better tailor it to tourists' demands. Accordingly, this paper centres o...

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Autores: Parrilla, Juan Antonio, Vena, Julio, Barreal, Jesús
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Jaén
Repositorio:RUJA. Repositorio Institucional de la Producción Científica de la Universidad de Jaén
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v38i.3477
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Palabra clave:Food tourism
Tourist satisfaction
Oleotourism
International tourism
Domestic tourism
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spelling The use of a semi-qualitative methodology in food tourism re- search: Different ways to satisfy a highly demanding touristParrilla, Juan AntonioVena, JulioBarreal, JesúsFood tourismTourist satisfactionOleotourismInternational tourismDomestic tourismfsQCAWhen it comes to revitalizing rural areas and securing their population, food tourism can play a useful role. As such, there is a need for an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of the food tourism market, in order to better tailor it to tourists' demands. Accordingly, this paper centres on the analysis of satisfaction as a tool for better understanding these tourists and ensuring the tourism offer is appropriately oriented towards the elements that influence their satisfaction. To do so, this paper takes a subsector within this niche market and conducts a survey of food tourists, yielding a total of 489 responses. A semi-qualitative model is applied to those responses, with the sample divided into domestic and international tourists. The results show that international tourists' satisfaction relates to a comprehensive offer of activities, while the potential offer for domestic tourists is more flexible. These results can help to better understand the complex behaviour of tourists who engage in this type of tourism and to design adequate strategies to ensure their satisfaction, involving the provision of different sets of activities that take into account different tourist segments.Varna University of Management202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v38i.3477https://hdl.handle.net/10953/3593reponame:RUJA. Repositorio Institucional de la Producción Científica de la Universidad de Jaéninstname:Universidad de JaénInglésEuropean Journal of Tourism Researchinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ruja.ujaen.es:10953/35932026-06-24T12:41:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The use of a semi-qualitative methodology in food tourism re- search: Different ways to satisfy a highly demanding tourist
title The use of a semi-qualitative methodology in food tourism re- search: Different ways to satisfy a highly demanding tourist
spellingShingle The use of a semi-qualitative methodology in food tourism re- search: Different ways to satisfy a highly demanding tourist
Parrilla, Juan Antonio
Food tourism
Tourist satisfaction
Oleotourism
International tourism
Domestic tourism
fsQCA
title_short The use of a semi-qualitative methodology in food tourism re- search: Different ways to satisfy a highly demanding tourist
title_full The use of a semi-qualitative methodology in food tourism re- search: Different ways to satisfy a highly demanding tourist
title_fullStr The use of a semi-qualitative methodology in food tourism re- search: Different ways to satisfy a highly demanding tourist
title_full_unstemmed The use of a semi-qualitative methodology in food tourism re- search: Different ways to satisfy a highly demanding tourist
title_sort The use of a semi-qualitative methodology in food tourism re- search: Different ways to satisfy a highly demanding tourist
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Parrilla, Juan Antonio
Vena, Julio
Barreal, Jesús
author Parrilla, Juan Antonio
author_facet Parrilla, Juan Antonio
Vena, Julio
Barreal, Jesús
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author2 Vena, Julio
Barreal, Jesús
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Food tourism
Tourist satisfaction
Oleotourism
International tourism
Domestic tourism
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topic Food tourism
Tourist satisfaction
Oleotourism
International tourism
Domestic tourism
fsQCA
description When it comes to revitalizing rural areas and securing their population, food tourism can play a useful role. As such, there is a need for an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of the food tourism market, in order to better tailor it to tourists' demands. Accordingly, this paper centres on the analysis of satisfaction as a tool for better understanding these tourists and ensuring the tourism offer is appropriately oriented towards the elements that influence their satisfaction. To do so, this paper takes a subsector within this niche market and conducts a survey of food tourists, yielding a total of 489 responses. A semi-qualitative model is applied to those responses, with the sample divided into domestic and international tourists. The results show that international tourists' satisfaction relates to a comprehensive offer of activities, while the potential offer for domestic tourists is more flexible. These results can help to better understand the complex behaviour of tourists who engage in this type of tourism and to design adequate strategies to ensure their satisfaction, involving the provision of different sets of activities that take into account different tourist segments.
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