What is food tourism?

Tourism Management

Volumn 68, Issue , 2018, Pages 250-263

  Ellis, Ashleigh ^a   Park, Eerang ^b   Kim, Sangkyun ^c   Yeoman, Ian ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive mapping; Cultural anthropology; Management; Systematic analysis; Tourist

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CULTURAL HERITAGE; FOOD MARKET; HERITAGE TOURISM; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 85044966496     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2018.03.025     Document Type: Review

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