Applying Quan and Wang's structural model of the tourist experience: A Zimbabwean netnography of food tourism

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-74

  Mkono, Muchazondida ^a   Markwell, Kevin ^a   Wilson, Erica ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food neophilia; Food neophobia; Food tourism; Peak experiences; Victoria Falls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870040444     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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