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Exploring tourists’ memorable food experiences: a study of visitors to Santa’s official hometown
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The present study was undertaken with the purpose of understanding what makes a memorable food experience (MFE) for tourists. Twenty-two interviews were carried out with a sample of tourists who visited Rovaniemi, Finland. Using grounded theory as a data analytic approach, this paper proposes a conceptual framework of MFE, which is comprised of a number of key components: local specialities and food attributes (taste), authenticity, novelty, togetherness and social interaction, hospitality, and servicescape including food souvenirs. The implications for managers are that service providers should offer local specialities; give tasty, novel and authentic food experiences; encourage social interactions between tourists and the service provider; offer warm and welcoming hospitality; focus on the servicescape; and serve food (including food souvenirs) on wooden plates and in wooden cups.
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- Authors
- Sthapit, E.
- Venue
- Anatolia
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-05-22
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 404-421
- ISSN
- 1303-2917 (ISSN-L)
- 2156-6909
- OpenAlex
- W2617967755
- Cited by
- 187
- References
- 9
- FWCI
- 12.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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