Exploring the roles of local food in developing Lenggong Valley as a rural food tourism destination

Integrating the relationship between food and tourism destination has been an important issue in the current tourism scenario. More tourism leaders globally are recognizing the important role local food can play in strengthening a rural destination’s tourism product. Thus, the purpose of this stu...

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Main Authors: Mohd Nazri Abdul Raji, Shahrim Ab. Karim, Farah Adibah Che Ishak, Mohd Mursyid Arshad, Mohd Aliff Abdul Majid
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19813/
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author Mohd Nazri Abdul Raji,
Shahrim Ab. Karim,
Farah Adibah Che Ishak,
Mohd Mursyid Arshad,
Mohd Aliff Abdul Majid,
author_facet Mohd Nazri Abdul Raji,
Shahrim Ab. Karim,
Farah Adibah Che Ishak,
Mohd Mursyid Arshad,
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author_sort Mohd Nazri Abdul Raji,
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description Integrating the relationship between food and tourism destination has been an important issue in the current tourism scenario. More tourism leaders globally are recognizing the important role local food can play in strengthening a rural destination’s tourism product. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore the role of local food in developing Lenggong Valley as a rural food tourism destination. This study is applying a qualitative method using in-depth interview and participant observation. The finding identified four steps in developing rural food tourism destination; i) identifying local food components, ii) examining the capabilities of local food as tourism product; iii) evaluating local food as tourism product; and iv) selecting suitable marketing strategy to promote food tourism. This study contributes to expanding research on food tourism in constructing the rural food tourism framework. The information in this study leading to new ways of thinking about local food, by integrating local food and tourism resources to enhance rural destination attraction, since local food at rural destination attract little research in the field of tourism management.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:198132022-09-24T23:34:57Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19813/ Exploring the roles of local food in developing Lenggong Valley as a rural food tourism destination Mohd Nazri Abdul Raji, Shahrim Ab. Karim, Farah Adibah Che Ishak, Mohd Mursyid Arshad, Mohd Aliff Abdul Majid, Integrating the relationship between food and tourism destination has been an important issue in the current tourism scenario. More tourism leaders globally are recognizing the important role local food can play in strengthening a rural destination’s tourism product. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore the role of local food in developing Lenggong Valley as a rural food tourism destination. This study is applying a qualitative method using in-depth interview and participant observation. The finding identified four steps in developing rural food tourism destination; i) identifying local food components, ii) examining the capabilities of local food as tourism product; iii) evaluating local food as tourism product; and iv) selecting suitable marketing strategy to promote food tourism. This study contributes to expanding research on food tourism in constructing the rural food tourism framework. The information in this study leading to new ways of thinking about local food, by integrating local food and tourism resources to enhance rural destination attraction, since local food at rural destination attract little research in the field of tourism management. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19813/1/48756-184742-1-PB.pdf Mohd Nazri Abdul Raji, and Shahrim Ab. Karim, and Farah Adibah Che Ishak, and Mohd Mursyid Arshad, and Mohd Aliff Abdul Majid, (2022) Exploring the roles of local food in developing Lenggong Valley as a rural food tourism destination. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 18 (2). pp. 16-31. ISSN 2180-2491 https://ejournal.ukm.my/gmjss/issue/view/1523
spellingShingle Mohd Nazri Abdul Raji,
Shahrim Ab. Karim,
Farah Adibah Che Ishak,
Mohd Mursyid Arshad,
Mohd Aliff Abdul Majid,
Exploring the roles of local food in developing Lenggong Valley as a rural food tourism destination
title Exploring the roles of local food in developing Lenggong Valley as a rural food tourism destination
title_full Exploring the roles of local food in developing Lenggong Valley as a rural food tourism destination
title_fullStr Exploring the roles of local food in developing Lenggong Valley as a rural food tourism destination
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the roles of local food in developing Lenggong Valley as a rural food tourism destination
title_short Exploring the roles of local food in developing Lenggong Valley as a rural food tourism destination
title_sort exploring the roles of local food in developing lenggong valley as a rural food tourism destination
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19813/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19813/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19813/1/48756-184742-1-PB.pdf