Progressing socio-cultural impact evaluation for festivals

Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-169

  Robertson, Martin ^a   Rogers, Phil ^b   Leask, Anna ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregative synthesis; Festival directors; Festivals and events; Indicators; Socio cultural benefits and disbenefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009648054     PISSN: 19407963     EISSN: 19407971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19407960902992233     Document Type: Article

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