Perceptions of authenticity of cultural events: A host-tourist analysis

Tourism, Culture and Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-96

  Brida, Juan Gabriel ^a   Disegna, Marta ^a   Osti, Linda ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Cultural event; Host tourist analysis; Logit model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875047135     PISSN: 1098304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/109830413X13575858951121     Document Type: Article

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