Cultural tourism behaviour and preferences among the live-performing arts audience: An application of the univorous-omnivorous framework

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 481-496

  Barbieri, Carla ^a   Mahoney, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural consumption; Cultural tourism; Live performing arts; Omnivorous behaviour

Indexed keywords

ART; HERITAGE TOURISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 77956930498     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.767     Document Type: Article

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