Conventions, festivals, and tourism: Exploring the network that binds

Journal of Convention and Event Tourism

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 45-56

  Mackellar, Joanne ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conventions; Festivals; Network analysis methodology; Network relations; Resources; Tourism organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847644573     PISSN: 15470148     EISSN: 15470156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J452v08n02_03     Document Type: Article

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