Restaurants, gastronomy and tourists: A novel method for investigating tourists' dining out experiences

Tourism

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-19

  Kivela, Jakša ^a   Johns, Nick ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Center for Regional/Tourism Research   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dining out experience; Gastronomy; Hong Kong; Myth; Mythology; Restaurants; Tourism

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PERCEPTION; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0037930116     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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