Economic evaluation of special events

International Handbook on the Economics of Tourism

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 316-355

  Dwyer, Larry ^a   Forsyth, Peter ^b   Spurr, Ray ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

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