‘No Rules, Just Right’ or is it? The Role of Themed Restaurants as Cultural Ambassadors

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 242-255

  Wood, Natalie T ^a   Muñoz, Caroline Lego ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; authenticity; culture; ethnic restaurants; themed environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996158178     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.thr.6050047     Document Type: Article

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