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Tourists are impressed by authentic places, want to learn the culture of the local people living in the destination area and eat local meals in these authentic places. Also, tourists who are disappointed with normality are interested in the places where nature and authenticity dominate to disappear from this situation. Therefore, the goal of this study is to explore the importance of authentic places in gastronomy tourism. The study of authentic places is important in terms of how it affects tourists’ perception, satisfaction and behavioral intentions. Furthermore, the research of the characteristics of authentic places in gastronomic tourism, the collection and collection of literature, the performance of an index study in the field of gastronomic science, becomes important. The research was first done literary scan, the authenticity in gastronomic tourism, the spaces and the authentic spaces in gastronomic tourism were explained. The method is based on bibliometric analysis. The study found that the authentic place subject of gastronomic tourism has both cultural and scientific values. On the other hand, tourists go to authentic places and eat local meals can revive the tourism industry. The processing of the authentic place subject in gastronomy tourism and the place of local meals in the menus attract tourists, and this situation has a positive impact on the economy.

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