Perceptions of the last privately funded Olympic games: The Atlanta case

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 485-491

  Mihalik, Brian J ^a   Madanoglu, Melih ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Demographics; Mega events; Olympics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864690593     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354207783227911     Document Type: Article

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