Motor racing in Australia's Parliamentary Zone: Successful event tourism or the Emperor's new clothes?

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-187

  Tranter, Paul J ^a   Keefee, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canberra; Event tourism; Motor racing; Public space; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748294971     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0811114042000229636     Document Type: Article

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