Measuring the economic contribution of the international association conference market: An Irish case study

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1574-1582

  Hanly, Paul A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Association conferences; Economic impact; Expenditure; Input output; Meetings Industry; Multiplier

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPENDITURE; GLOBAL ECONOMY; IMPORT; INCOME; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; TAX SYSTEM; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET;

IRELAND;

EID: 84863196615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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