Entertainment in tourism: A study of visitors to Blackpool

Managing Leisure

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 110-126

  Hughes, Howard L ^a   Benn, Danielle ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009579982     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136067197376239     Document Type: Article

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