Celebrity-spotting: A new dynamic in Italian tourism

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-126

  Ricci, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Celebrities; Film; Individual behaviour; Italy; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859845245     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554211111122989     Document Type: Article

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