Small-scale event sport tourism: Fans as tourists

Tourism Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-190

  Gibson, Heather ^a   Willming, Cynthia ^b   Holdnak, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BETHUNE COOKMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College sport; Football fans; Small scale event sport tourism; Tourism benefits

Indexed keywords

SPORT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037390090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(02)00058-4     Document Type: Article

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