Casino Tourism

Apr 27, 2007 09:00

The lucrative world of casino gambling is the subject of not insignificant study. Not only do casinos want to know what their clientele is like, but districts want to know what kind of tourism a prospective casino will attract.

Hinch and Walker (2005) found that the tourists from Alberta, Canada who travelled to casinos were primarily female. Eadington (1999) examine the economics of the casino trade, while Morrison et al (1996) compare tourists to casino resorts with tourists to other destinations.
Welcome to Vegas week on Difference Blog. For the next week, I'm in Las Vegas, Nevada taking a much needed vacation, so all the posts for the next 5 days will focus on Vegas-related themes. They'll also be posted automatically, so I won't actually be responding to comments until I get back. Talk amongst yourselves.

Dan4th is on vacation. This post was created in advance.

tourists, las vegas, casinos, casino gambling, travel, tourism, alastair morrison, william eadington, gordon walker, tom hinch

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