Evaluating the economic and spatial effects of an event: The case of the world medical and health games

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-85

  Connell, Joanne ^a   Page, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Public sector intervention; Spatial effects; Special events; World Medical and Health Games

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPORT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; STIRLING; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15044358520     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461668042000324067     Document Type: Article

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