Constructing Indicators of Culinary Tourism Strategy: An Application of Resource-Based Theory

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 796-816

  Horng, Jeou Shyan ^a   Tsai, Chen Tsang Simon ^b  

^a DE LIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAINAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culinary tourism; resource based theory; tourism strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870598681     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2012.730945     Document Type: Article

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