Visitor Centers, Collaboration, and the Role of Local Food and Beverage as Regional Tourism Development Tools: The Case of the Blackwood River Valley in Western Australia

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 517-536

  Alonso, Abel Duarte ^a   Liu, Yi ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blackwood River Valley; collaboration; food and wine; marketing; regional tourism; visitor centers; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866992418     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348011413594     Document Type: Article

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