... is one of the earliest studies to investigate the effect of color consistency with primary information to demonstrate how consumers respond to restaurant sustainability in social media messages using local food. Eun Joo Kim can be contacted at: ejkim@sejong.ac.kr 21 09 2022 08 12 2022...

...Bingna Lin; Saerom Wang; Xiaoxiao Fu; Xiaoli Yi Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationships among local food consumption experience, cultural competence, eudaimonia, and behavioral intention. Building upon acculturation theory, need hierarchy theory and self-determination theory...

...Frank Badu-Baiden; Seongseop (Sam) Kim; Honggen Xiao; Jungkeun Kim Purpose This study aims to test a new model by examining the influence of memorable local food consumption experiences (MLFCEs) on international diners’ affective states, well-being and attitudinal loyalty. Local food tasting...

... to the aforementioned research gap, this study aims to add to the food tourism literature by adopting this theoretical proposition in examining Egyptian food experiences of international visitors. More specifically, the objective of this study was two-fold: to elucidate local food experience as a multidimensional...

...Seongseop (Sam) Kim; Frank Badu-Baiden; Munhyang (Moon) Oh; Jungkeun Kim Factor analysis generates five domains of experience of consuming local food. Socialization and boasting and experience with various menus and quality of food contribute most to explaining the three dependent variables...

... of such products are different from those of local foods that foreign tourists can enjoy in a tourism destination (Björk and Kauppinen-Räisänen, 2017 ; Choe and Kim, 2018 ; Kim et al., 2012 ; Mkono et al., 2013). For example, the benefits that a foreign tourist perceives through eating local...

... behaviour. Experiencers are committed; they perceive food as essential to destination choices. They search for food-related information before their trips and value originality, newness and locality, as well as authenticity and uniqueness in local food, which eventually have an impact on travel satisfaction...