Innovations in measuring economic impacts of regional festivals: A Do-it-Youself kit

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 360-367

  Jackson, Julie ^a,b   Houghton, Meg ^a   Russell, Roslyn ^c   Triandos, Petra ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b School of Tourism and Hospitality   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DIY kit; Economic impacts; Education and training; Festival evaluation; Regional festivalks

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FESTIVAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

EID: 18144418107     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287505274649     Document Type: Article

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