Canadian Casinos as Tourist Attractions: Chasing the Pot of Gold
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Travel Research
- Vol. 34 (3) , 37-45
- https://doi.org/10.1177/004728759603400306
Abstract
In this article, the commonly held belief that casinos automatically function as tourist attractions is questioned. The analysis suggests that while casinos do exhibit many of the characteristics of "typical" tourist attractions, they also differ in many ways. With the exception of the Windsor venue, Canadian casinos are not major tourist attractions.Keywords
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