Food as a form of Destination Identity: A Tourism Destination Brand Perspective

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-48

  Lin, Yi Chin ^a   Pearson, Thomas E ^a   Cai, Liping A ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

destination marketing and branding; food; identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651102008     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2010.22     Document Type: Article

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