Visitors' expenditure behaviour at cultural events: The case of Christmas markets

Tourism Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1173-1196

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

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural event; Double hurdle model; Spending behaviour; Visitors' expenditure

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; HERITAGE TOURISM; MARKETING; PERCEPTION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ITALY;

EID: 84890499637     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2013.0237     Document Type: Article

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