Food Tourism in Asia [electronic resource] /
Park, Eerang.editor.
Kim, Sangkyun.editor.
Yeoman, Ian.editor.
This book draws together empirical research across a range of contemporary examples of food tourism phenomenon in Asia to provide a holistic picture of their role and influence. It encompasses case studies from around the pan-Asian region, including China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and India. The book specifically focuses on and explicitly includes a variety of perspectives of non-Western and Asian research contexts of food tourism by bringing multidisciplinary approaches to food tourism research and wider evidence of food and tourism in Asia.
PART 1. INTRODUCTION. 1. Eating in Asia: Understanding Food Tourism and Its Perspectives in Asia,- PART 2. FOOD AND TOURISM: SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF FOOD TOURISM IN ASIA. 2. Kin kao laew reu young (‘Have You Eaten Rice Yet’)?: A New Perspective on Food and Tourism in Thailand -- 3. Consuming Food in Pre-industrial Korean Travel: Approaching from Veblen´s Conspicuous Consumption -- 4. Street Food and Tourism: A Southeast Asian Perspective -- 5. Cooking with Locals: A Food Tourism Trend in Asia? -- PART 3. FOOD TOURISM DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT, POLICY, AND MANAGEMENT. 6. From Third World to First World: Tourism, Food Safety and the Making of Modern Singapore -- 7. Festivalisation of Edible [Food] Heritage and Community Participation: From a Multi-stakeholder Perspective -- 8. Ekiben, the Travelling Japanese Lunchbox: Promoting Regional Development and Local Identity through Food Tourism -- 9. Food Tourism, Policy and Sustainability: Behind the Popularity of Thai Food -- 10. Cultural Manifestation of Food in Branding Destination: A Case of Khasi Food of Meghalaya, India -- PART 4. FOOD TOURISTS AND TOURIST BEHAVIOUR. 11. What Matters Japanese Udon Noodle Tourists? A Phenomenological Approach -- 12. Watching A Bite of China: The Impact of a Food and Culture Documentary on Pre-visit Perceptions and Expectations -- PART 5. CONCLUSION. 13. Emerging Research Themes of Food Tourism in Asia: A Cognitive Mapping Perspective.
This book draws together empirical research across a range of contemporary examples of food tourism phenomenon in Asia to provide a holistic picture of their role and influence. It encompasses case studies from around the pan-Asian region, including China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and India. The book specifically focuses on and explicitly includes a variety of perspectives of non-Western and Asian research contexts of food tourism by bringing multidisciplinary approaches to food tourism research and wider evidence of food and tourism in Asia.
Tourism.
Ethnology-Asia.
International business enterprises.
Asia—Economic conditions.
Tourism Management.
Asian Culture.
Asian Business.