The economic impact of on-screen tourism: The case of The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit

Tourism Management

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 177-187

  Li, ShiNa ^a   Li, Hengyun ^b   Song, Haiyan ^c   Lundberg, Christine ^d   Shen, Shujie ^e  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium; Film tourism; Impact assessment; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FILM INDUSTRY; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 85032108137     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.11.023     Document Type: Article

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