The Development of Assessment Criteria in Gastronomic Tourism Management with Real-Time Delphi Techniques

Abstract

          This mixed methods research aimed to develop the assessment criteria in gastronomic tourism management with the real-time Delphi technique and seek a consensus on the criteria and indicators of assessment criteria in gastronomic tourism management using the Rough Set Theory. The qualitative research applied the semi-structured interview. The quantitative study and the data set of the assessment criteria in gastronomic tourism management were verified with the real-time Delphi technique. The research tool included the in-depth interview and online questionnaire applying the real-time Delphi technique. The sample group for the in-depth interview consisted of nine people from two groups:
5 gastronomy tourism entrepreneurs and four community chefs who know the local food, based on the criteria for the minimum informants. The sample group for answering the questionnaire with the real-time Delphi technique three times consisted of 18 people from four groups of experts: four experts in gastronomy tourism, five university professors, four executives and staff concerned with tourism promotion, and five gastronomy tourism entrepreneurs in the community who receive the tourism award, elected with the purposive sampling method. Data collected from the in-depth and online interviews were analyzed to find the consensus with the Rough Set Theory. The research results demonstrated that 1) the development of the assessment criteria in gastronomic tourism management with the real-time Delphi technique comprised 10 criteria, 36 indicators, and 111 considered criteria. and 2) the QL of the consensus of criteria and indicators of gastronomic tourism management assessment criteria was more than 0.75, which qualified the Rough Set theory’s standard.