Authentication in Tourism and Food and Beverage Industry-Critical Overview

Abstract

In terms of touristic products, some rituals, dishes, structures or clothes, in short, many things that are included in touristic products in tourism are defined as authentic or not authentic according to the fact that the people are not exhibited and displayed according to original local culture. Consumption culture, capitalism and globalization, which manifest itself in a clearer way with the influence of the present age, transform not only material elements but also spiritual values into sellable, commodified commodities. In this context, the tourism and food and beverage industry also presents the local and authentic ones to the consumer of new products on the basis of salable products, the uncheckedness and speed during this presentation cause the authentic to turn into 'like' ones. Day-to-day, local residents also sell local and original cultures to create an attractive package. This packaging changes the nature of the product, the authenticity sought by the visitor becomes an staged authenticity in virtue of local people. With this study it is attempted to take a critical view of the situation authenticity staged in tourism and food and beverage sector. From qualitative research methods, the archival scanning method was used in; the obtained sources were analyzed and secondary data were analyzed. With this study, it was tried to obtain the compiled data from the next academic studies.