International Case Studies in Food Tourism

This international case study book provides 28 expertly curated case studies on the topic of food tourism, each with detailed implementation instructions for the instructor to maximise student participation and learning.

Aise Kim is Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Event Management at University of South Australia, City West Campus, Adelaide. She has completed her PhD in Tourism Management at the University of Surrey, UK. Her research interests include destination management, food and wine tourism, festival tourism, tourism impacts, and sustainability. Dr Kim has been involved in several local and international research projects with a focus of both Australian tourism industry sectors as well as international case studies including UK, Italy, China, Indonesia, and Korea. She is a recipient of Australia-Indonesia Institute grant and Australia-Korea Foundation grant which focus on community-based education and sustainable food tourism development.

Gürhan Aktaş is a Professor at the Department of Tourism Management, Faculty of Business, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkiye. He holds a Ph.D. in Tourism Marketing from Bournemouth University, UK. He delivers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the fields of destination management, event management and tourism marketing. He has authored academic publications on marketing tourist destinations, visitor attractions and events, and is a co-editor of the International Case Studies in Tourism Series by Routledge.

Metin Kozak holds Ph.D. degree from Sheffield Hallam University, UK. As a Research Fellow, Metin was affiliated with the University of Namur (Belgium) and as Visiting Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (SAR China), and Bournemouth University (UK). He serves an editorial board member and ad hoc reviewer of over 20 journals in tourism and hospitality. He is elected as the Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, and Tourist Research Centre. His research interests entail consumer behavior, marketing, sustainability and big data. His current affiliation is with the School of Communication, Kadir Has University, Turkiye.