Vol. 5, Iss. 1, 2019
Festivals and destination marketing: An application from Izmir City
Ige Pirnar (ORCiD),Yasar University, Turkey, Sinem Kurtural (ORCiD),Guzel Izmir Hotel, Turkey, & Melih Tutuncuoglu (ORCiD), Yasar University, Turkey
Published online: 15 April 2019, JTHSM, 5(1), pp. 9-14.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-66359-3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2640987
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