Food tourism, niche markets and products in rural tourism: combining the intimacy model and the experience economy as a rural development strategy

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 23, Issue 8-9, 2015, Pages 1179-1197

  Sidali, Katia Laura ^a   Kastenholz, Elisabeth ^b   Bianchi, Rossella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

consumer behaviour; experience economy; food chains; food specialties; intimacy theory; rural tourism

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOTOURISM; ENTREPRENEUR; MARKETING; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84943378443     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.836210     Document Type: Article

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