The future of food tourism
Purpose – The authors identify five driving forces of changes that are shaping the discourses about food tourism. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The approach used by this paper is a general review. Findings – The five driving forces identified are: food tourism...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Emerald Publishing
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Tourism Futures |
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| Online Access: | https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/JTF-12-2015-0051 |
| Summary: | Purpose – The authors identify five driving forces of changes that are shaping the discourses about food tourism. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The approach used by this paper is a general review. Findings – The five driving forces identified are: food tourism as political capital; food tourism as a visionary state; what it means to be a foodie; the drive for affluence and exclusivity; fluid experiences in a post-modernist world. Originality/value – The five drivers of change are identified as the core of any food tourism strategy for policy makers. |
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| ISSN: | 2055-5911 2055-592X |