Resident perceptions of mega-sporting events: A non-host city perspective of the 2012 london olympic games

Journal of Sport and Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 143-167

  Ritchie, Brent W ^a   Shipway, Richard ^b   Cleeve, Bethany ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Host Community; Impacts; Longitudinal; Olympic Games; Perceptions; Sport Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957867592     PISSN: 14775085     EISSN: 10295399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14775080902965108     Document Type: Article

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