Local food festivals in northeast iowa communities: A visitor and economic impact study

Managing Leisure

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 171-186

  Çela, Ariana ^a   Knowles Lankford, Jill ^a   Lankford, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 85016329168     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13606710701339470     Document Type: Article

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