Food tourism policy: Deconstructing boundaries of taste and class

Tourism Management

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 212-222

  de Jong, Anna ^a   Varley, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Disgust; Food tourism; Tourism policy

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; RECREATIONAL POLICY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85006100931     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.12.009     Document Type: Article

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