Will they tell others to taste? International tourists' experience of Ghanaian cuisines

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-64

  Adongo, Charles A ^a   Anuga, Samuel W ^b   Dayour, Frederick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Experience; Ghana; Local foods; Memorable experience; Recommend; Tourist experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926196623     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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