Muscadine Grapes, Food Heritage and Consumer Images: Implications for the Development of a Tourism Product in Southern USA

Tourism Planning and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-229

  Alonso, Abel Duarte ^a,b   O'Neill, Martin A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864017017     PISSN: 21568316     EISSN: 21568324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2012.672451     Document Type: Article

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