Gastronomy as a Sign of the Identity and Cultural Heritage of Tourist Destinations: A Bibliometric Analysis 2001–2020

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Lin, Min-Pei;
Mariné Roig, Estela;
Llonch Molina, Nayra;
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(2021)
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Gastronomy as a Sign of the Identity and Cultural Heritage of Tourist Destinations: A Bibliometric Analysis 2001–2020.
Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, núm. 22, 12531.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su132212531.
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Gastronomy represents a significant part of the cultural heritage and identity of tourist
destinations; however, related scientific literature is scarce. Considering these aspects within the field
of tourism and hospitality, and selecting the articles written in English indexed in the Web of Science
and Scopus from 2001 to 2020, the objective of this research is twofold: (1) to present a bibliometric
analysis of the literature on gastronomic heritage (71 articles); and (2) to analyze some aspects (main
topics, frequency of key terms, methods, and data sources) of the research on case studies in Asia
and Europe (46 articles), as they are the most prominent regions on the representative list of the
intangible cultural heritage of humanity (UNESCO). The study shows the temporal evolution of
the literature on gastronomic heritage in parallel with UNESCO’s actions on cultural heritage. The
results reveal that most articles relate gastronomic heritage to the sustainability of tourist destinations,
and that European case studies address sustainability more than Asian studies do. Regarding the
methodology to analyze Asian and European case studies, qualitative research predominates. Within
quantitative studies, the use of online content generated by consumers and marketers as a data source
is rare.
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