City break motivation: The case of Dublin-a successful national capital

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 95-107

  Dunne, Gerard ^a   Buckley, Joan ^b   Flanagan, Sheila ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Capital city; City break; Dublin; Motives; Push and pull factors; Secondary trips

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349106443     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v22n03_08     Document Type: Article

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