Sports, music, entertainment and the destination branding of post-Fordist Detroit

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-206

  Che, Deborah ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination branding; Detroit; Mega events; Music tourism; Sport tourism; Tourist bubbles; Tourist entertainment districts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979929983     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2008.11081305     Document Type: Article

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