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Local Gastronomy As a Destination Tourist Attraction: the Case of the ‘Chiringuitos’ on the Costa del Sol (Spain)

Local gastronomy of the Costa del Sol
and its attributes,
increase the tourists’ perceived value.
Gastronomic Tourism
Gastronomic Attributes
Segmentation
Local Gastronomy

Manuel Pérez Priego, María de los Baños García-Moreno García, Carol A. Jara Alba and José Rafael Caro-Barrera, “Local Gastronomy As a Destination Tourist Attraction: the Case of the ‘Chiringuitos’ on the Costa del Sol (Spain),” International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science vol. 34 (December 2023), doi: 10.1016/j.ijgfs.2023.100822

Authors
Affiliation

Manuel Adolfo Pérez Priego

University of Córdoba, Spain

María de los Baños García-Moreno García

University of Córdoba, Spain

Carol Angélica Jara Alba

University of Córdoba, Spain

José R. Caro-Barrera

University of Córdoba, Spain

Published

December 2023

Doi

10.1016/j.ijgfs.2023.100822

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyse whether the local gastronomy of the Costa del Sol in Malaga (Spain) is a relevant factor in the choice of destination by foreign tourists. Specifically, it analyses the culinary offer and the gastronomic characteristics of the food and the service offered in the typical beach-bars: the Chiringuitos. The authors began their research with fieldwork based on opinions of tourists collected through questionnaires completed after their gastronomic experience. The results revealed three different groups of tourists according to their attitudes towards local gastronomy, with different predispositions and gastronomic knowledge. The authors concluded that tourists have different levels of satisfaction and motivation depending on whether the tourists were identified as being in one particular segment or another. This research aims to fill the literature gap on gastronomic interest in a destination traditionally focused on sunshine tourism.

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@article{PEREZPRIEGO2023100822,
title = {Local gastronomy as a destination tourist attraction: The case of the ‘Chiringuitos’ on the Costa del Sol (Spain)},
journal = {International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science},
volume = {34},
pages = {100822},
year = {2023},
issn = {1878-450X},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgfs.2023.100822},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878450X23001646},
author = {Manuel Adolfo Pérez-Priego and María de los Baños {García-Moreno García} and Carol Jara-Alba and José Rafael Caro-Barrera}
}