Mitigating Theme Park Crowding with Incentives and Information on Mobile Devices

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 426-436

  Brown, Amber ^a   Kappes, Jacqueline ^a   Marks, Joe ^a  

^a DISNEY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

crowd management; field study; incentives; location based entertainment; mobile computing; theme parks

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVE; PARK MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84878756440     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287512475216     Document Type: Article

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