In the destinations they visit, tourists wish to see historical structures with that they can establish a connection with. The effects of nostalgic bonds established through experiences can be evaluated only by the determination of individuals’ developing intentions and judgments. The main purpose of this study was to identify the relationships between nostalgic emotions, memorable tourism experience, satisfaction, revisit intention, and recommendation intention. In this regard, views of the tourists who visited İstanbul were collected through surveys. A total of 483 surveys were obtained and the data were analyzed using AMOS software. The obtained results showed that strong nostalgic bonds had a positive impact on behavioral intentions such as revisit intention by increasing satisfaction and memorability. The findings of this paper indicated that nostalgic emotions significantly affect memorable tourism experiences.

Ethnocentric attitudes and beliefs are defined as prejudice against those who do not belong to one’s own community and are based on the understanding of considering one’s own nation to be superior. When the concept is interpreted from a tourism perspective, the conformity of the experiences with the norms of society can be described as the ensemble of attitudes and behaviors aimed at glorifying future domestic tourism welfare. When the destination experiences are evaluated, food constitutes the largest experience area within the tourism market. Besides transferring recipes and flavor elements to individuals, food also conveys the culture, beliefs, and value judgments of a society to future generations. Based on this point, the relationships between tourism ethnocentrism, destination advocacy, local food motivation, and destination food image were investigated in this study. In the scope of the study, a survey was conducted on people who visited the Gaziantep region and had a dining experience. Structural equation modeling was utilized in line with the study model. According to the findings of the study, local food motivation has a positive and significant effect on destination food image and tourism ethnocentrism, and tourism ethnocentrism positively and significantly affects destination food image and destination advocacy. Moreover, destination food image has a positive and significant effect on destination advocacy.

Sosyal medyanın hayatımıza girmesiyle birlikte aktif olarak bilgi paylaşımlarının yapıldığı, geniş kitlelere ulaşmakta aracı rol üstlenen web sayfalarının (blogların) kullanımı hızla artmıştır. Özellikle görselliğin ve tanıtım unsurlarının ön plana çıkartıldığı turizm ve gastronomi işletmeleri web sayfalarından etkin olarak yararlanmaktadır. Bireylerin gastronomi blog sayfaları aracılığıyla edinmiş oldukları bilgiler tatma davranışına olumlu etki edebilmektedir. Gastronomi bloglarının insanları etkilemeye yönelik bir çok misyonu (bilgi sunmak, rehberlik yapmak, imaj oluşturmak, siber topluluk etkisi, sosyal etki, empati yaratmak, deneyim yaşatmak) bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmada temel olarak gastronomi bloglarının, bireylerin tatma davranışı üzerinde yarattığı etkiler incelenmiştir. Çalışma verilerinin toplanması için nicel veri toplama yöntemi olan anket tekniğinden yararlanılmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında gastronomi bloglarını takip eden 450 kişiyle iletişime geçilmiş 391 dönüt sağlanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular SPSS Process programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. İncelenen bulgulara göre gastronomi blogları ve tatma davranışı arasında pozitif yönlü ve anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur.