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by Sangkyun Kim (Editor), Una McMahon-Beattie (Editor), Eerang Park (Editor)
This book explores the future(s) of food tourism in 2075 and beyond. It uses the principles of multiple futures to demonstrate, analyse and examine different pathways that food tourism may take using the principles of scenario planning. It aims to provide a comprehensive account of the phenomena of food tourism future(s) and presents an analysis and discussion on the key topics relating to the future(s) of food tourism using the process of scenario planning. It demonstrates an application of scenario planning as a theory-building framework for food tourism and presents four scenarios representing different pathways, theories, drivers, trends and concepts associated with food tourism in the future. This is a timely and important volume given the issues of global food supply, climate change, authenticity, changing diets and the rise of food tourism as the core of the experience economy.
Author Biography
Sangkyun Kim is Associate Professor of Tourism and Creative Industries at the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Australia.
Una McMahon-Beattie is Professor of Hospitality Management and Head of AACSB Accreditation, Ulster University, Northern Ireland.
Eerang Park is Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer of Tourism at the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Australia.
Ian Yeoman is Professor of Disruption, Innovation and New Phenomena at the Hotel Management School Leeuwarden, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands.
