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Tourism Geographies
An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment
Volume 22, 2020 - Issue 3: Visions of Travel and Tourism after the Global COVID-19 Transformation of 2020; Guest editors: Alan Lew, Joseph Cheer, Patrick Brouder, Simon Teoh, Helene Balslev Clausen, Michael Hall, Michael Haywood, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Dominic Lapointe, Mary Mostafanezhad, Jessica Mei Pung & Noel Salazar
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Cancelling March Madness exposes opportunities for a more sustainable sports tourism economy

J. A. CooperDepartment of Geography, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Derek H. AldermanDepartment of Geography, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5192-8103View further author information
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Pages 525-535 | Received 17 Apr 2020, Accepted 18 Apr 2020, Published online: 12 May 2020

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