GASTRONOMY OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM: OVERVIEW AND FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA
Authors:   Universitas Airlangga, Department of Islamic Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Surabaya, Indonesia, ADIRESTUTY Fitranty ,   Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Islamic Economics & Finance Department, Faculty of Economics and Business Education, Bandung, Indonesia, RATNASARI Ririn Tri ,   Universitas Airlangga, Center for Halal Industry and Digitalization, Faculty of Economics and Business, Surabaya, Indonesia, WARDHANA Akhmad Kusuma ,   Prince of Songkla University, Department of Environmental Management, Hatyai, Thailand, MIRAJ Denizar Abdurrahman ,   Sakarya University, Serdivan, Institute of Social Sciences, Sakarya, Türkiye, BATTOUR Mohamed ,   College of Business Administration, A’Sharqiyah University, Ibra, Oman and Faculty of Business Administration, Nahda University, Beni Suef, Egypt
Published: February 2025

A statistic report from Grand View Research estimated a substantial expenditure of approximately 207.8 billion USD
worldwide in religious tourism by 2027. The food industry in religious tourism represents a recent international economic and
political development that has gained increasing importance, especially for developing countries, particularly those in Asia. Mapping
the topic of gastronomy in religious tourism inside previous studies and creating a new concept map about those two topics. This
study gathered the paper's metadata from the Scopus website. There were 55 studies used and being analyzed using the bibliometric
method. This study used Biblioshiny and Vosviewer software to analyze the data. The analysis was divided into two, metric analysis
and content analysis. The content analysis used a systematic literature review with a PRISMA flowchart to collect and screen the
data sample. The were 45 samples used for content analysis using systematic literature review (SLR). The number of papers
published on a certain topic did not influence the number of citations received. On the other hand, the result of the content analysis
found that words frequently used in keywords of previous papers that were closely connected to the word gastronomy were food
tourism, culinary tourism, satisfaction, cooking class, halal food, tapas, and monasteries. Gastronomy was closely related to food,
halal, and monasteries. Gastronomy also included study in preparing food through a cooking class, especially related to preparing
halal food. Monasteries were the places that could influence cuisine in the past through religious teachings in the past centuries.
Tapas was a small appetizer from Spanish that was influenced by culture and closely related to gastronomy. The practical implication
of this study was to be hoped to become a reference for authorities to focus more on the local culture that shapes the local dish as a
positive point of tourist attraction. The novelty of this study is that no previous study observed the aspect of gastronomy that
affects local tourist attractions and the concept of gastronomy and dishes. Further study is to observe more about the factors
inside gastronomy that could influence the determinant intention of people to visit religious heritage. It would be wise to use a
questionnaire in collecting the data to observe the cause-effect relationship between several factors inside gastronomy.