Culinary tourism as a destination attraction: An empirical examination of destinations' food image

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 531-555

  Ab Karim, Shahrim ^a   Chi, Christina Geng Qing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culinary tourism; Destinations' food image; Information sources; Intentions to visit

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954615141     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368623.2010.493064     Document Type: Article

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