Perceptions of food and its locality among Russian tourists in the South Savo region of Finland

Tourism Management

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 455-466

  Mynttinen, S ^a   Logren J ^b,e   Sarkka Tirkkonen M ^c   Rautiainen, T ^d  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Faculty of Medicine   (Finland)

^e Finnish Embassy in Moscow Kropotkinskij pereulok 15 17   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Local food; Perceptions; Russian tourists; Tourism

Indexed keywords

FOOD; FOOD MARKET; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; PERCEPTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

FINLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84920896611     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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