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Volume 24, 2021 - Issue 10: SportsWorld VII: The Chinese and South-East Asian Sports World in the 2020s. Guest Editors: Hongxin Li & John Nauright.
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Destination development by sport event tourism (SET): a case study of Thailand

Gregory B. Williamsa Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Young Hoon Kima Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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John Naurightb Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD, USA
Pages 1827-1837 | Published online: 28 Apr 2021

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