Convention participation decision-making process

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 178-191

  Oppermann, Martin ^a   Chon, Kye Sung ^b  

^a TOI OHOMAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Association; Convention; Destination image; Location decision; Meeting attendees; Participation decision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041627728     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0160-7383(96)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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