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GASTRONOMY TOURISM AS A COMPETITIVENESS FACTOR OF TOURIST DESTINATIONS - MODEL OF LESKOVAC

  • Milica Aleksić Higher Business School of Professional Studies Leskovac
  • Momčilo Conić Higher Business School of Professional Studies in Leskovac

Abstract

Gastronomic tourism is an extremely important factor in creating a local brand that makes it one of the inevitable factors of competitiveness of tourist destinations. Food and drinks typical for an area may be an important differentiating toll used for evaluating the value of tourist destination. The paper deals with gastronomic events and products of Leskovac, which would be sufficiently distinctive to differentiate this city from other gastronomy tourism destinations. In order for selection and manner of presentation of authentic gastronomy products, it was performed a survey of employees in restaurants in the mentioned area. The processed data are used as a predictor for the model of gastronomic identity of Leskovac.

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Published
2017-06-03
How to Cite
Aleksić, M., & Conić, M. (2017). GASTRONOMY TOURISM AS A COMPETITIVENESS FACTOR OF TOURIST DESTINATIONS - MODEL OF LESKOVAC. Tourism International Scientific Conference Vrnjačka Banja - TISC, 2(1), 589-604. Retrieved from http://www.tisc.rs/proceedings/index.php/hitmc/article/view/162