A Case Study of a Culinary Tourism Campaign in Germany: Implications for Strategy Making and Successful Implementation

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-28

  Ottenbacher, Michael C ^a   Harrington, Robert J ^b  

^a HEILBRONN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

culinary tourism; strategy in tourism; tourism in Germany

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871371437     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348011413593     Document Type: Article

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