Gran Torino? The 2006 Olympic Winter Games and the tourism revival of an ancient city

Journal of Sport and Tourism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-321

  Bondonio, Piervincenzo ^a,b   Guala, Chito ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b OMERO Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Identity; Olympic impact; Torino 2006 legacies; Tourism; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861014105     PISSN: 14775085     EISSN: 10295399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14775085.2011.635015     Document Type: Review

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