Food experience conviviality: Do tourists value food sharing?
Short Abstract
This study empirically examines the impact of food sharing on tourists’ interpersonal relationship development, sense of authenticity, and subjective wellbeing using two experimental studies. The two experiments showed that tourist food sharing improves interpersonal relationships, tourist perceptions of experience authenticity, and wellbeing. Two culturally divergent tourist groups were compared: US tourists and Chinese tourists. The results show that U.S. tourists evaluated food sharing higher regarding its impact on authenticity and wellbeing than their Chinese counterparts. this study contributes to the theoretical delineation of conviviality as a phenomenon, with specific reference to the identification of its impacts on tourist experiences.
Type of Submission
Paper Presentation
Location
Gran Canaria
Recommended Citation
Mohamed, Mohamed E.; Lehto, Xinran; Behnke, Carl; and Byrd, Karen, "Food experience conviviality: Do tourists value food sharing?" (2023). ITSA 2022 Gran Canaria - 9th Biennial Conference: Corporate Entrepreneurship and Global Tourism Strategies After Covid 19. 21.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/itsa/ITSA2022/ITSA2022/21
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Food experience conviviality: Do tourists value food sharing?
Gran Canaria
This study empirically examines the impact of food sharing on tourists’ interpersonal relationship development, sense of authenticity, and subjective wellbeing using two experimental studies. The two experiments showed that tourist food sharing improves interpersonal relationships, tourist perceptions of experience authenticity, and wellbeing. Two culturally divergent tourist groups were compared: US tourists and Chinese tourists. The results show that U.S. tourists evaluated food sharing higher regarding its impact on authenticity and wellbeing than their Chinese counterparts. this study contributes to the theoretical delineation of conviviality as a phenomenon, with specific reference to the identification of its impacts on tourist experiences.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/itsa/ITSA2022/ITSA2022/21