Evaluating Function of Culinary Tourism in Sarvelat Village based on Stakeholder's Perspective (Local Community, Experts and Tourists)

Today, culinary tourism is a type of tourism that is prospering in the world. Various global experiences show that this industry plays a very important role in the welfare and promotion of life quality of host communities. Due to having various cultural potentials, different regions of Iran, possess special position in this subject. Sarvelat village in Gilan province is one of these destinations that can be cited. Therefore, this study measures the situation of culinary tourism in Sarvelat village from the perspective of stakeholders, with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of future actions. The statistical population consists of three groups including experts, tourists and residents and the researcher-made questionnaire has been used as data collection tool in this research. It is a descriptive-analytic research and Regression analysis, Entropy and ACSI model has been used for data analysis. Research findings indicate that according to the opinions of experts and residents, culinary tourism have the greatest influence on social, economic and cultural development of this village and its effects on "infrastructural", "environmental" and "governmental" aspects were minimal. The index of tourist's satisfaction from culinary tourism activities in Sarvelat was calculated as 67.16, on a scale from zero to one hundred, which most of all indicates the lack of infrastructure and services in this destination.