A refined model of factors affecting convention participation decision-making

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1123-1127

  Zhang, Hanqin Qiu ^a   Leung, Vivien ^a   Qu, Hailin ^b  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convention; Importance; Model building and testing; Modified model; Participation decisions

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EID: 33947713014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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