Conventions and tourism: Financial add-on or myth? report of a study in one state

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 49-64

  Rutherford, Denney G ^a   Kreck, Lothar A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010206409     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v03n01_03     Document Type: Article

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