Time and space in event behaviour: Tracking visitors by GPS

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Pettersson, Robert ^a   Zillinger, Malin ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biathlon world championships; Event tourism; Experiences; Global positioning systems (GPS); Space; Sweden; Time; Visitor flows

Indexed keywords

GPS; MOBILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRACKING;

SWEDEN;

AVES;

EID: 79952503759     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2010.529932     Document Type: Article

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