Visitor attractions and events : locations and linkages /: locations and linkages. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Routledge Advances in Event Research Series
• Further Information: Note: Adi Weidenfeld, Richard Butler and Allan M. Williams.
• Authors: Weidenfeld, Adi; Butler, Richard, 1943-; Williams, Allan M
• Contents: Part I: Introduction: the visitor attraction and event sectors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Events, visitor attractions and the event-attraction continuum / Adi Weidenfeld and Anna Leask -- 3. Clustering and agglomeration of visitor attractions -- 4. The visitor attraction life cycle: changing relationships between attractions in tourism destinations. Part II: Economic and management aspects of the visitor attraction sector 5. The appeal, attractiveness and compatibility of visitor attractions -- 6. Cooperation in the visitor attraction sector -- 7. Competition in the visitor attraction sector -- 8. Knowledge transfer in the visitor attraction sector -- 9. Innovation in the visitor attraction sector. Part III: Implications and trends in the visitor attraction sector 10. The impacts of visitor attractions and events -- 11. Visitor attractions as flagships and icons -- 12. Visitor attraction marketing and tourism destination branding: implications for marketing practices / Peter Björk and Adi Weidenfeld -- 13. Visitor attractions, recent and future trends: a practitioner's perspective / Ken Robinson -- 14. Conclusions.
• Publisher Details: Abindgon, Oxon : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 791.06/8; Amusement rides -- Planning; Amusement parks -- Planning; Tourism; Amusement parks -- Planning; Tourism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1317580257; 9781317580256; 1317580249; 9781317580249; 9781315740492; 1315740494
• Related ISBNs: 1138824712; 9781138824713
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