"To bring God's word to all people": The case of a religious theme-site

Tourism

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-50

  Shani, Amir ^a   Rivera, Manuel Antonio ^a   Severt, Denver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Managerial challenges; Religious tourism; USA; Visitor attractions; Visitor experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248592299     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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