The contribution of perceived food consumption value on destination attractiveness and revisit intention

ABSTRACT

This study aims to examine the impact of food consumption values on the attractiveness of tourist destinations and revisit intentions of domestic tourists visiting a culinary destination in Indonesia. The survey data was collected from 462 Indonesian visitors who visited three gastronomic regions of Central Java (Jogjakarta, Solo, and Semarang). Partial Least-Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was performed to examine the relationship amongst the constructs. The results indicate that consumer’s perceived consumption value has a significant effect on destination attractiveness and revisit intention. Moreover, the attractiveness of tourism destination has a direct and significant influence on revisit intention. The findings confirm the potential role of food in tourism as a development tool to promote a destination and to enhance tourists when visiting the destination. This study suggests the need of destination stakeholders to contribute to the development of local regions by promoting their food and destination uniqueness.

KEYWORDS:

• Local food
• consumption value
• destination attractiveness
• revisit intention

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Institute for Research and Community Service of Petra Christian University for financial support.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by the Institute for Research and Community Service of Petra Christian University [03/HB-PENELITIAN/LPPM-UKP /X/2020].