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RESUMENEl objetivo de este trabajo es contribuir a reforzar la literatura científica en el campo de los festivales gastronómicos en América Latina. Este artículo sintetiza los resultados de un trabajo de campo realizado en el festival gastronómico Raíces, celebrado en Guayaquil, Ecuador, en julio de 2015, con el objetivo de conocer el perfil del turista que lo visita, las características de su viaje, sus percepciones respecto a diferentes aspectos relacionados con este festival y la satisfacción del visitante. Se ha aplicado el análisis factorial como técnica de reducción de datos. Los resultados revelan una tipología de turista mayoritariamente nacional, aunque se detecta una importante presencia de turistas extranjeros, mayoritariamente jóvenes y con una buena formación académica. Se ha comprobado una importante relación entre el deseo de conocer la gastronomía, renta disponible y la categoría de establecimientos hoteleros donde se alojan. Además, existe una motivación gastronómica en muchos visitantes. Estas relaciones deben tenerse en cuenta para considerar los festivales gastronómicos como importantes productos de oferta y de promoción turística, también en las ciudades de Latinoamérica.PALABRAS CLAVETurismo. Festivales Gastronómicos. Desarrollo económico. Ecuador. LatinoaméricaABSTRACTThe objective of this work is to help strengthen scientific literature about food festivals in Latin America. This article summarizes the results of a field work carried out in the gastronomic festival called Raíces held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in July 2015, with the aim of knowing the profile of tourists who visit it, the characteristics of their trip, their perceptions about different topics related to this festival and visitor satisfaction. A factorial analysis has been applied as a data reduction technique. The results show that the tourist is mostly national, but a significant presence of foreign tourists, mostly young people, with a good academic training. It has been found an important relationship between the desire of knowing the food, purchase power, and category of hotels where they stay. In addition, many visitors are motivated to know the gastronomy. These relationships should be taken into account to consider food festivals as an important tourist offer and tourist promotion, also in the cities of Latin America.KEYWORDSTourism. Food Festivals. Economic Development. Ecuador. Latin America. AUTORESGuzmán Antonio Muñoz Fernández – Doctor. Profesor Departamento de Estadística, Econometría, Investigación Operativa, Universidad de Córdoba, Cordoba, Andalucía, Spain. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4521-4793. E-mail: guzman.munoz@uco.esClaudia Patricia Uribe Lotero – Master. Profesor na Universidad Casa Grande, Guayaquil, Ecuador. 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Recebido: 14 DEZ 2016Avaliado: FEV-MAR 2017Revisado: ABR 2017Aceito: 14 ABR 2017