Effect of Destination Image on Attendance at Team Sporting Events

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-170

  Mohan, Leon J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

destination image; sport; tourism; travel behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954854774     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2010.1     Document Type: Article

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