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Kalenjuk Pivarski B, Tekić D, Šmugović S, Banjac M, Novaković A, Mutavdžić B, Ivanović V, Tešanović D, Đerčan B, Ikonić P, Petrović M, Udovičić DI, Popović AV, Marić A. Factors Affecting the Consumption of Traditional Food in Tourism-Perceptions of the Management Sector of Catering Facilities. Foods 2023; 12:2338. [PMID: 37372549 DOI: 10.3390/foods12122338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The topic of this study is the factors that influence the consumption of traditional food products (TFPs) in tourism, as seen from the perspective of management-sector employees in food and beverage catering facilities. The paper aims to analyse the economic, environmental, social, and touristic factors that highly influence the consumption patterns of catering facilities which are significant providers of traditional gastronomic experiences in tourism, by using the specially designed TFPct scale. The study was conducted on a sample of 300 catering facilities in AP Vojvodina (the Republic of Serbia). An explanatory factor analysis was used to confirm the key factors that influence the consumption of traditional products used to prepare the meals that are a part of what catering facilities offer. Subsequently, a binary logistics regression model was used to establish which of the indicated factors has a statistically significant effect on the management's decision to purchase these products for their catering facility. The study showed that the TFPct scale is appropriate for this type of research, and that economic factors are key factors in the consumption of traditional products. Moreover, compared with other types of catering facilities, interest in the consumption of these products is clearly expressed by a la carte restaurants.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bojana Kalenjuk Pivarski
- Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
- Faculty of Economics, University of East Sarajevo, 71420 Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Faculty of Education, University of East Sarajevo, 76300 Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
| | - Dragan Tešanović
- Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Institute of Food Technology, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
| | - Marica Petrović
- Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Academy of Professional Studies Šabac, Department of Medical and Business-Technological Studies, 15000 Šabac, Serbia
| | - Aleksandra Vasić Popović
- Academy of Professional Studies Šabac, Department of Medical and Business-Technological Studies, 15000 Šabac, Serbia
| | - Aleksandar Marić
- Institute of Food Technology, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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