Are short duration cultural festivals tourist attractions?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-66

  McKercher, Bob ^a   Mei, Wan Sze ^a   Tse, Tony S M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attractions; Festivals; Markers

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; FESTIVAL; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

EID: 32544437819     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580608668591     Document Type: Article

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