Culinary tourism assets and events: Suggesting a strategic planning tool

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1214-1232

  Sotiriadis, Marios D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Culinary tourism; Focus groups; Perception; Stakeholders; Strategic management; Strategic planning; Tourism; Tourism system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937791316     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-11-2013-0519     Document Type: Article

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