The interrelationship between sport event and destination image and sport tourists' behaviours

Journal of Sport and Tourism

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 183-206

  Kaplanidou, Kyriaki ^a   Vogt, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Destination Image; Intentions to Revisit; Panel Data; Satisfaction; Sport Event Image

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349179757     PISSN: 14775085     EISSN: 10295399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14775080701736932     Document Type: Article

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