Eating the food of other cultures is fraught with many problems underpinned by many factors chief among them being sociocultural background. The study, therefore, through a socio‐cultural perspective, examines the factors necessary for food tourism development and promotion from tourists' perspectives. Using the tenets of grounded theory, 40 international tourists were interviewed at Cape Coast, Ghana. It was found that sensory characteristics and mediated by factors such as cultural/worldviews influence local food consumption. The findings support the position that the socio‐cultural background of tourists affects their evaluation of a destination's food, hence consumption. Implications of the study are also drawn.

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美食旅游目的地成功的关键因素：社会文化视角

吃其他文化的食物充满了许多问题，其中许多因素主要是社会文化背景。因此，本研究从社会文化的角度，从游客的角度研究了食品旅游业发展和促进的必要因素。利用扎根理论的宗旨，在加纳的开普敦对40名国际游客进行了采访。研究发现，感官特征以及由文化/世界观等因素介导的感官特征会影响当地的食物消费。这些发现支持了这样一种观点，即游客的社会文化背景会影响他们对目的地食物的评估，从而影响他们的消费。该研究的意义也被提了出来。