Master's thesis tourism and Local Food and Beverages

Key words: Local food and beverages, Food Tourism, Motivation, North of Iran 
(Mazandaran province). 
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Acknowledgements 
We would like to express our gratitude to all who gave us the possibility to complete 
this thesis, in special experts who gave us their precious time for this thesis. We would 
like to thanks Pro. Salehi and the knowledgeable team of Lulea University of 
Technology. Special thanks go to the office of International relationships of Institute of 
Training Research and Operational Consultancy for Tourism (INSTROCT). 
We would like to thank our supervisors, Dr. Joao Sarmento, and Dr. Kamrann 
Mohamadkhani. We thank Dr. Mohamadkhani for encouraging us and answering our 
questions all the time; and thank Dr. Sarmento for giving us a chance to discuss issues 
in detail. 
We should express our deepest respect and appreciation to our parents, since they 
encouraged us to continue our education. 
I (Zohreh) offer my gratitude to my husband, my best friend, for his support and love, 
Finally, I owe special thanks to my little daughter, Hasti, because she patiently 
perceived and understood a busy mom. 
Carrying out our study and passing the period of this hard work would have never been 
possible without the help of one by one of them. 
Zohreh Namavar Jahromy & Yeganeh Tajik 
January 2011 
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Table of Contents 
Contents 
Pages 
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………….……..i 
Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………….….……..ii 
Chapter1 Introduction……………………………………………………….…….…..1-6 
1.1 Research objectives…………………………………………………………………..…2 
1.2 Problem statement………………………………………………………….…...….……3 
1.3 Significance of the study……………………………………………….………….....….4 
1.4 Research Questions…………….………………………………………………………...6 
1.5 Methodology………………………………………………………………………..……6 
1.6 Outline of the thesis…………………………………………………………………..…..6