Slow food events as a high yield strategy for rural tourism destinations: The case of Bario, Sarawak

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 353-364

  Adeyinka Ojo, Samuel Folorunso ^a   Khoo Lattimore, Catheryn ^a  

^a TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bario; Malaysia; Responsible rural tourism; Rural areas; Slow food event; Sustainable high yield; Tourism; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898403529     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/WHATT-03-2013-0012     Document Type: Article

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