Gastronomy as a regional development tool ; A study on the effects of the project "European Region of Gastronomy Kuopio Region 2020-21" on its cooperation partners
Malinen, Aino (2021)
Malinen, Aino
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021052410683
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021052410683
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The purpose of this thesis was to conduct a study on the effects of the project “European Region of Gastronomy Kuopio Region 2020-21” on its cooperation partners. The project is based on the European Region of Gastronomy status awarded annually by the IGCAT organization. The project involves companies and actors from several industries, to which the ERG project offers extensive support for their business development. The thesis examined the partners experiences of the project, on the basis of which an assessment of the project's functionality was formed. The commissioner of this thesis was Savonia University of Applied Sciences, which man-ages several ERG sub-projects. The findings of the study will be utilized in the further development work of the ERG project.
The theoretical framework of this thesis consists of three different components, which are the European Region of Gastronomy status, food tourism and research-based development work. This is a research-based development assignment that has features of both quantitative and qualitative research. The empirical part of the thesis consists of a survey, research results, conclusions and functionality assessment. The survey was conducted in March 2021.
The main results of this thesis are the answers to the research question and the conclusions drawn from the conducted survey. The most significant research results were highlighted with the help of a SWOT analysis, on the basis of which development proposals were formed. The results showed that the respondents had so far benefited from the visibility, contents and the extensive network brought by the project. However, the functioning of the project was severely hampered by the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, which was reflected in the results on several occasions.
The theoretical framework of this thesis consists of three different components, which are the European Region of Gastronomy status, food tourism and research-based development work. This is a research-based development assignment that has features of both quantitative and qualitative research. The empirical part of the thesis consists of a survey, research results, conclusions and functionality assessment. The survey was conducted in March 2021.
The main results of this thesis are the answers to the research question and the conclusions drawn from the conducted survey. The most significant research results were highlighted with the help of a SWOT analysis, on the basis of which development proposals were formed. The results showed that the respondents had so far benefited from the visibility, contents and the extensive network brought by the project. However, the functioning of the project was severely hampered by the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, which was reflected in the results on several occasions.