Estimating the economic impact of event tourism: A review of issues and methods

Journal of Convention and Event Tourism

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 63-79

  Hodur, Nancy M ^a   Leistritz, F Larry ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Event tourism; Festivals; Impact assessment methods; Sports events

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949002261     PISSN: 15470148     EISSN: 15470156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J452v08n04_05     Document Type: Article

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