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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Exploring the Mechanisms of Well-Being Occurrence Among Event Tourists: Mixed Empirical Evidence from Positive Psychology

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Pages 2581-2597 | Received 11 Apr 2023, Accepted 22 Jun 2023, Published online: 12 Jul 2023

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