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The economic impact of a mega-multi-mall: Estimation issues in the case of West Edmonton Mall
Adam Finn,Tülin Erdem +1 more
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In this article, the authors assess the economic impact of West Edmonton Mall (WEM) and the Mall of America (MOMA) on the city of Edmonton, Canada, and present a more reasonable estimate of the true economic impact.About:
This article is published in Tourism Management.The article was published on 1995-08-01. It has received 32 citations till now.read more
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Economic linkages and impacts across the TALC.
TL;DR: The authors used a variety of tools to evaluate the economic importance of tourism to Hawaii as it moves through the Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) and found that the size of tourism's economic contribution is dependent on the import propensity of tourists' spend as well as the import propensities of tourism oriented sectors and their backward and forward linkages.
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Estimating the Economic Impact of Event Tourism: A Review of Issues and Methods
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine key considerations and issues that affect and are critical to reliable estimates of the economic impacts of events and event tourism and propose a method to estimate the economic impact of event tourism.
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Geographical Representations Embedded within Souvenirs in Niagara: The Case of Geographically Displaced Authenticity
Atsuko Hashimoto,David J. Telfer +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the concepts of geographical scale and geographically displaced authenticity associated with souvenirs in Niagara Falls, Canada and found that tourists often only visit Niagara Falls and one or two other major destinations such as Vancouver or Toronto while in Canada.
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Canadian Casinos as Tourist Attractions: Chasing the Pot of Gold
G.J. Smith,T.D. Hinch +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors questioned the commonly held belief that casinos automatically function as tourist attractions and suggested that while casinos do exhibit many of the characteristics of "typical" tourist attractions, they also differ in many ways.
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The Value of Destination Loyalty: Myth or Reality?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the spending patterns of visitors to KISSIMMEe-St. Cloud, while comparing between the different loyalty segments: no previous visit, one previous visit and multiple visits.
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An Assessment of the Mall Intercept as a Data Collection Method
Alan J. Bush,Joseph F. Hair +1 more
TL;DR: In an exploratory study, the authors assess the mall intercept by comparing it with telephone interviewing on response quality and nonresponse rates, as well as lifestyle characteristics and shopping behavior of the respondents.
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Improving the Quality of Shopping Center Sampling
TL;DR: In this paper, procedures for careful shopping center sampling are described for careful sampling of shopping centers, which is a popular technique because of low costs, but typical procedures are haphazard and thus generalization is difficult.
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Regional Economic Impact Analysis and Project Evaluation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a regional economic impact analysis of the United Kingdom and compare different approaches to evaluate the economic impact of various types of economic activities, including economic base analysis, income-expenditure analysis, and project evaluation analysis.
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Economic impact analysis : methodology and applications
TL;DR: A workshop on the methodology of economic impact analysis was held at Hueston Woods State Park Lodge in Oxford, Ohio, April 13-15, 1977 as discussed by the authors, where leading researchers in regional modeling were gathered to take stock of current developments in the field and to put forth new ideas and directions for research.
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A Method For Authenticating Pleasure Travel Expenditures
TL;DR: The authors examined the accuracy of tourists' expenditures using a form of a paired comparison design, where one member of a traveling party was randomly assigned the task of compiling a complete record of trip expenditures and a second member was asked to estimate the same expenditures on the last day of the trip.