Using hotel capacity to estimate direct economic impact: A study of the 2003 southwest airlines gasparilla pirate fest, Tampa, Florida

Journal of Convention and Event Tourism

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 5-20

  Bonn, Mark A ^a   Dai, Mo ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bonn Marketing Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity utilization model; Economic impact; Open access event

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949008569     PISSN: 15470148     EISSN: 15470156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J452v06n03_02     Document Type: Article

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