The humour tourist: A conceptualisation

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 643-646

  Frew, Elspeth ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comedy festivals; Humour; Social comic relief

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645086132     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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