Master's thesis tourism and Local Food and Beverages

5.6 Suggestions for further research 
o 
This study was conducted with the sample selected from the North of Iran. Most of 
the tourists tended to test the local food from the North of Iran. It is proposed that the 
other researchers work on the local food from different regions of Iran, since there is a 
great potential for the local food to be employed as a tourist attraction. 
o 
The answers to some research questions made possible through a set of questionnaire. 
Thus other methods such as interview can be applied in future researches. 
o 
This study was conducted with the sample selected from the domestic tourists of the 
North of Iran as a tourism destination. Other researchers can select international 
tourists. 
o 
Tour operators design the tours in a way to eat at least one meal in local restaurants of 
the destination, so that the tourists can get familiar with the culture of a destination in 
a short time in a compact way. 
o 
Other researchers can work on intellectual property of food. 
o 
Other researcher can work on the marketing of food. 
o 
It is suggested that local community to revive the outdated foods and beverages 
because they are an important attraction for the tourists to be familiar with the local 
culture and customs. 
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