Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Handbook on Food Tourism
First Page
259
Last Page
271
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
School
School of Business and Law
RAS ID
65014
Abstract
This chapter aims to compare factors determining food taste experiences of male and female food tourists in the context of food tourism destinations. Adopting a gastrophysics approach, this exploratory qualitative study researched domestic Chinese food tourists visiting the Hangzhou Cuisine Museum and its associated dining experience restaurants in China. The results demonstrated that gender differences in food taste experiences of food tourists manifested during three phases: food selection; expectation and imagined food taste; and food taste appraisal. At the phase of food selection, male food tourists were more obsessed with their personal food and taste preferences, whereas female tourists prioritised the novelty and authenticity of certain dishes over others. Despite some similarities, at the phase of expectation and imagined food taste, female food tourists were inclined to hold more complex nuanced ideas regarding composition of food taste experiences and a higher expectation for the multisensory nature of food taste evaluation.
DOI
10.4337/9781803924175.00028
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Comments
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Kim, S., Xu, M., & Park, E. (2024). "Chapter 18: Food taste experiences and gastrophysics: gender matters?". In Handbook on Food Tourism. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803924175.00028