Comparative analysis of travel-related characteristics between special event attendees and non-attendees in a metropolitan city

Journal of Convention and Event Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-71

  Boo, Soyoung ^a   Kim, Miyoung ^a   Jones, David L ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Special events; Special events attendees and non attendees; Spending expenditure patterns; Travel motivations; Visitor characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 61949397954     PISSN: 15470148     EISSN: 15470156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15470140802648892     Document Type: Article

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