Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Management, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Tourism Management Department, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Tourism Management Department, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

The present study was implemented with the aim of modeling the factors affecting the development of food tourism. This research is developmental in terms of its purpose and it is a qualitative research which is done by meta-synthesis method. The statistical population is made up of previous studies. According to access to the full text and review of the title, abstract and content, 45 sources were selected. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the collected data and the intra-subject agreement method was used to control the quality of the analysis. findings were categorized in the form of 6 main themes, i.e. contextual factors, factors related to marketing and sales, factors related to human resources, infrastructural factors, intervening factors, and executive interventions. The results can increase managers' knowledge and provide practical guidelines for managers, planners and policy makers of food tourism development at different national and regional levels.

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