3. Visitor Dining Experience Framework
The framework proposed in this paper characterises the complex nature of visitor experience, as described by Ryan (2011) as multi-phases, multi-influential, and multi-outcomes. The framework is an adaptation of components of Knutson et.al.’s stages of experience (2010), of Cutler and Carmichael’s personal realm which shape the experience (2010), of Mak et al.’s factors influencing tourist food consumption (2012),and Yuan’s (2009) and Knutson et al.’s (2010) structural relationships between experience outcomes components in each stage of experience.