The role of food in promoting Chinese regions on the web

International Journal of Tourism Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-305

  Huang, Rong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese food; Chinese regions; food tourism; internet marketing; website evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863330877     PISSN: 17504090     EISSN: 17504104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTP.2009.028715     Document Type: Article

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